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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. They administered surveys to teachers and students and developed assessments that were given when the program started and after it ended. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too. They observed classrooms.

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Making Access and Equity a Reality for Diverse Students

edWeb.net

Another key step has been the use of student “insight cards,” based on survey results, which identify the aspirations of individual students and the barriers they may face. Many also have a desire to give back and do not perceive STEM careers as a way to do that.

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OPINION: Can ‘risk-share’ financial aid models reverse some ‘alarming data’ on student completion rates?

The Hechinger Report

And research supported by the Lumina Foundation suggests states that have adopted such an approach have seen growth in on-time graduation, the number of overall graduates and the percentage of students seeking STEM-related degrees. The Lumina Foundation is among the funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

Reflecting on the strength of this relationship, others have noted that “spatial instruction will have a two-for-one effect” that yields benefits in mathematics as well as the spatial domain (Verdine, Golinkoff, Hirsh-Pasek, & Newcombe, 2013, p. Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers.

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“I want to be a teacher, but I can’t afford it.”

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This “hush hush” attitude when it comes to discussing pay stems from anti-union propaganda from the 1950’s-1970’s as unionizing started to take hold across the United States. When I started working for the district in 2013, I made $47K as a new teacher. I have always held at LEAST one second job since I started teaching in 2013.

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Did you know that music lessons can help students excel in STEM ? According to a survey college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (i.e., STEM subjects), 92% took music lessons as a child compared to 34% of the general population.[11] Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Like the university professor on the study’s advisory panel, in the higher education sample, students highly valued Wikipedia, considering it a reliable old friend for its ability to get them up to speed on an unfamiliar topic and for its references to both primary and secondary sources. Retrieved from [link]. Head, A., & Eisenberg, M.

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