The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo. STEM gives me challenges to think about. It’s more engaging.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Whether students have an affinity for the arts or not, incorporating elements of creativity into STEM education has undeniable benefits , including making STEM more approachable and understandable,” writes Ricky Ye, the CEO of DFRobot, a robotics and open source hardware provider, on eSchool News.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Klein on "Meeting in the Middle: Avoiding the Exploitative Pitfalls of Global Learning" 10:00pm Amigos Globales/Global Friends - Sindell Perez Fuentes SPOTLIGHT: Globalizing Lessons: Any Standard, Any Subject, or Any School - Michelle Macumber - Learning Center Community Leader SPOTLIGHT: Skyping with the Guided Reflection Model - Dr.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2016

High-quality instruction in STEM requires both teaching expertise and content knowledge. Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. We’ve also learned a few PD in STEM lessons along the way. Here are a few: 1.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The accelerated track in middle and high school drew mostly from elementary schools in affluent neighborhoods, where students tended to perform better on a pre-algebra placement test that they had one chance to take as fifth graders. Sixth grader Jonathan works a problem on the smart board during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For this reason, MIND is proud to have partnered with John Deere since 2014 to reach more than 37,000 students in over 90 schools, ensuring the next generation of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) workforce continues to carry the innovation and leadership torch. The Future is STEM/STEAM. John Deere Inspire.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The latest proof point is Mystery Science , a provider of elementary-grade science curriculum, which has been acquired by Discovery Education. elementary schools, according to Mystery Science co-founder Keith Schact. million in venture capital that the startup has raised since its launch in 2014.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. The efforts paid off.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

The study examined Dreambox Learning and the individual test scores of nearly 3,000 students in grades 3-5 during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years in two districts, Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) in Maryland and Rocketship Education in California.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Elementary Mathematics in Advanced Math Classes : In advanced math classes, students’ understanding of elementary concepts like multiplication tables and basic algebra is crucial for grasping higher-level concepts like calculus or trigonometry. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33). For instance, the work of Cordova et al., Sinatra, G.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

From multi-dimensional digital literacy projects, to pop-up maker spaces, STEM-centric collaborations, and projects that promote community accessibility, we look forward to seeing each of these projects evolve and create environments that inspire interest-driven, production-centered work that allows students to thrive as producers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Much of the disinformation stems from training like my own. The 2014 bestseller “Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning,” by Peter C. Over the last several years, many of us have had an uncomfortable realization that there is a gap between how we teach and how scientific findings suggest we should teach. Brown, Henry L.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Related: Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs. North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. Yet for years, students like McGee had limited exposure to the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Their inability to answer stems from disconnected data. Beginning in 2014, the state sought to improve CTE instruction, better align course offerings with the job market and increase funding. Yet many states struggle to answer a basic question: Is career education working? Without that, they’re making decisions in the dark.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2014, Mitch co-founded Edchat Interactive with Tom Whitby and Steve Anderson. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Additionally, Mitch co-founded Academic Business Advisors in 2005, to help organizations reach teachers and students in the US.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2015

In 2013 I started ToyLabs with a commitment to inspire young minds with fun and exciting hands-on science projects in support of STEM education, while providing parents and teachers with great tools that make it easier for them to engage their kids in science education. How do you feel the ToyLabs projects are promoting STEM education?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Beginning next year, all DCSS high school students will receive a MacBook Air powered by Apple’s M1 chip, while all middle and elementary school students will receive an iPad and Logitech Crayon. These products will allow all students equal access to their studies in the classroom, at home, and on the go.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 21st, 2014 In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Stories Conversations Updates GlobalEdCon 2014 - Call for Proposals Open Until November 1st. More information.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Thirty-four elementary schools are contributing data to the district’s Project Daffodil, examining relationships between weather and plants.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

” The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting. 2014 ; Lag and Saele, 2019 ; Orhan, 2019 ). Surely the Freeman 2014 study would have been worth studying?

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

In Afterschool Alliance’s “America After 3PM” report released last year, the organization found that between 2014 and 2020, participation in after-school programming decreased and barriers to participation and unmet demand grew. They shifted all of their programming online, which included visual arts, media and STEM offerings.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. The confusion stems from the study design.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

million, which will go towards expanding computer science education in 68 elementary schools, middle schools and high schools in San Francisco, and 20 middle schools in Oakland. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. Awards given in subsequent years focused on providing professional development for teachers in STEM subjects.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013. Virginia educator Tim Stahmer talks all things STEM (science, technology, education and math) on his blog. Elementary teacher Amy Pietrowski adds a dash of STEM into all of her classes.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2017

Studying the successes of black women mathematicians opens a window into how we can produce more black STEM grads. In 1940, just 2 percent of all black women earned college degrees, and 60 percent of those women became teachers, mostly in public elementary and high schools,” Shetterly writes. And the country suffers for it. “In

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In 2014 he received the Making IT Happen Award from ISTE as well as Innovator of the Year from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. Listen to the interview with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen about their favorite iPad apps for elementary classrooms. Learn about BreakoutEDU. ” Want to learn about another technology?

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 1, 2017

Three 2014 LRNG Innovators Challenge grantees share how their work has progressed, relaying both tremendous successes and ongoing challenges. Since we last checked in with Liberty Elementary, a 2014 LRNG Innovator Challenge grant recipient , the garden project has grown, now reaching all the way to the 6th grade.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that STEM jobs – requiring strong math skills – are projected to grow to 1 million by 2022. With DonorsChoose.org as our partner, we now have the opportunity to empower even more elementary teachers across the country to positively impact the lives of students every day.” Yet, data from the U.S.

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TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

Michael Soskil is a STEM education, global collaboration, and technology integration expert who has developed and presented numerous professional learning sessions for K-12 teachers, educational media outlets, and social innovators from around the world. Twitter: [link]. About Michael Soskil. Share the Love.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2016

More than 110 of the district’s 139 elementary schools are teaching it this year, reaching about 27,000 students. Administrators say it’s important to get students interested in computer science before they leave elementary school. “[It] is being seen as a new form of literacy.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 31, 2015

Such rich programming in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) was a far cry from the typical offerings in Grant County, a small region in the southwest corner of the state where enrichment programming in the sciences can be hard to come by. In some cases, the grant money allowed educators to create new STEM labs from scratch.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: Maker Movement: Pathway to Innovation for STEM Learners , Give students the power to learn by making. Learn more at [link].

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

Increasingly, makerspaces are helping students sustain interest in STEM fields. As tech companies try to find ways to create a more diverse workforce, they’re looking at education as a way to help increase the pipeline supply of women and minorities graduating in the STEM fields.

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esri

MAY 23, 2016

Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative , a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. At the 2014 launch, focus was on the potential “ billion dollar commitment.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Opportunities to learn about about careers paths and technology were not always available to his students at Columbus Municipal School District in Mississippi, where he’s served as superintendent since July 2014. When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

In 2014 Jill Gierasch could see the writing on the wall—students from her New York school district were saturated in technology at home, but that wasn’t the case at school. They boast three mobile VR labs and one stationary VR lab for the district’s four elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.

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