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STUDENT VOICES: We need more women in STEM fields, and we have ideas for making that happen

The Hechinger Report

STEM movements often miss one thing — the voices of today’s students. As a result, our generation’s relationship with technology and STEM education is distinct. And we have a few ideas about how to build a better, more inclusive future for women in STEM. Number one: More after-school and summer STEM programs.

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Panasonic and Olympian Katie Ledecky Partner to Inspire Student STEM Innovation and Unlock the Power of Technology

eSchool News

We’re proud to continue to partner with Katie Ledecky, who is an inspiration to young people around the world, and empowers students to reach their full potential and discover new ways to think about and apply STEM to build a better world.”.

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What convinces voters to raise taxes: child care

The Hechinger Report

“It actually paved the way for me to go to school,” Richard said on a spring morning after walking her three children to their classrooms. Derrika Richard walks her three youngest children to their child care classrooms at Clara’s Little Lambs on a March morning in New Orleans. It’s “changed my life.”

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year.

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PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars

The Hechinger Report

It also raises new questions about what makes for good evidence in math education and pits well-designed quantitative studies of achievement gains against qualitative studies of people’s attitudes about math and why more women and people of color don’t enter STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

Related: Millions of kids are missing school as attendance tanks across the US Thousands of students went missing from American classrooms during the pandemic. Contact logs provided by the district show social workers from three schools have sent four emails and called the family 19 times since the pandemic closed classrooms in 2020.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. Cleveland came into her position under challenging circumstances, including a teacher strike that delayed the start of the school year in August 2022.

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