The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Nearly 2 out of every 5 eighth graders don’t even have the most basic math skills, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Traditional math proponents worried that the document would water down math instruction in California, hinder advanced students and make it harder to pursue STEM careers.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Under Dallas Independent School District policy, Tha’s parents didn’t need to sign him up for advanced math. Leaders across the country are confronting the need to prepare a new, diverse generation of STEM workers. And that can then set a stronger foundation for a STEM major in college and a high-paying career after graduation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

With school districts in some parts of the country feeling the pain of teacher shortages, states have tried to address the problem with a patchwork of policies that expand who can lead a classroom: from undergrad teacher trainees in Arizona to fast-track certifications for military veterans in Nebraska. Source: Kansas State University.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2022

The class of 2022 made it almost halfway through high school before the pandemic. EdSurge caught up with a number of 2022 graduates to hear about how they’re thinking about their time in high school as it draws to a close. Evan Osgood, a 2022 graduate from Loveland High school in Cincinnati, Ohio, managed to do all three.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I teach at a K-8 school, and when I look at these seventh and eighth graders, they’re no different than the kindergarteners,” said Robert Lane, a STEM teacher at the Sierra Verde STEAM Academy in Glendale, Arizona. Middle school students in Robert Lane’s STEM class dig through a box of supplies for a class project. Lane the STEM Guy.”

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 27, 2022 — Vernier Software & Technology has launched Light & Matter: Vernier Supplement to OpenSciEd Unit 6.1 It is so important for teachers to have high-quality content to help build students’ STEM literacy at an early age,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Software & Technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering, a school focused on STEM curriculum in Greenville, South Carolina. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2022

These were three of the many surprises seen in the test scores of roughly 450,000 fourth and eighth graders across the nation who took a national reading and math test between January and March of 2022. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2022 NAEP. Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2022 NAEP.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

But other math educators have decried a move away from Algebra II, which they argue remains core to math instruction and necessary for students to succeed in STEM careers and beyond. According to district data, students who took Data Science as juniors in the 2022-2023 year were more likely to sign up for a math class their senior year.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Many are now announcing extensions of those policies for the high school class of 2022. By adopting a test-blind admissions policy, we further remove barriers to application and admission by eliminating additional costs and the anxiety around test scores. This is just the beginning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Looking back now, at age 40, as assistant professor of higher education administration and policy in the University of California system, Del Real Viramontes can see what his story shares in common with the experiences of so many students who start out at community colleges hoping to eventually earn a bachelor’s degree.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday, May 6, 2022) — In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month 2022, observed annually in May, Discovery Education and partners are proud to present educators, students, and families a diverse array of dynamic digital resources supporting the mental health of students everywhere. .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As of fall 2022, Stony Brook is one of 33 higher ed institutions where students can apply for money through a local FAST Fund to help cover an education expense or address a basic life need. Then there are educators whose sense of solidarity with low-income students stems from shared personal experiences. Kirtley says.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

Strand was denied the yearlong leave of absence she requested to help guide federal STEM education efforts. Small, individual, voluntary acts can’t counter systemic failures such as unhealthy school infrastructure and the overwhelming administrative burdens created by misguided make-work policies like failed teacher evaluation systems.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

So Each May Soar: The Principles & Practices of Learner-Centered Classrooms (2021) Everybody’s Classroom: Differentiating for the Shared and Unique Needs of Diverse Learners (2022) eSpark. We are talking with Dr. Carol Tomlinson, chair of Education Leadership Foundation and Policy at the University of Virginia.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.” But it was also about race and class.”

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Let’s take some time to reflect on the positive and make 2022 the best year yet! This list helps me decide what content to create and how to best help teachers in 2022. What Do YOU Want to See in 2022? This survey is your chance to let me know more about you and what you need in 2022. See: Copyright Policy.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analyzed data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on 160 STEM bachelor’s degree categories granted by U.S. FASTEST-GROWING STEM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES 2010–2013. Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields appeared first on TeachThought.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

And it partners with external organizations such as LifeSci NYC, a public-private initiative to support the STEM industry in New York, to place students in paid summer or academic-year internships. It sponsors paid internships itself with faculty members and college centers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Quite often, these teams collaborated to create policies around technology and to problem-solve whatever challenges would arise.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

The confusion stems from the study design. That switch from algebra to stats is a big one for a lot of students,” said Lindsay Daugherty, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation who has studied remedial education and efforts to reform it. Some researchers argue that the shift to statistics might have made the difference.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The rhetoric and policy of “accelerate, don’t remediate” makes sense when students are a year to a year and a half below grade level. The states’ scale scores showed that while the typical student had been on grade level by the end of third grade in 2017, they finished eighth grade in spring 2022 at the fifth-grade standard.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

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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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable. Diane Myers, Ph.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. Brad went on to be the founding Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a STEM-focused network of schools dedicated to authentic learning by tackling real-world problems. It's nothing new.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 19, 2022

Answers To Common Questions What Is The KiwiCo Shipping Policy? I am a believer in KiwiCo and their innovative STEM box for kids products and subscription crates. . What Is The KiwiCo Shipping Policy? as of early 2022. Are Yummy Crates Worth It? Looking for KiwiCo lines for other ages and interests?

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Those ideas, stemming from the Mystery Skype concept, included: a mystery animal connection, a mystery number connection, a mystery geography connection, and reading your favorite book. © Shake Up Learning 2022. See: Copyright Policy. Each class would have to guess the other’s mystery by asking yes or no questions. .

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday March 11, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, high quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day nationwide. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Prior to his appointment, Greg was the Capitol Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered politics and policy at the State Capitol for nearly 20 years.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable. Diane Myers, Ph.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

million job openings in computer and mathematical occupations by 2022. DCPS K-12 teachers and technology coaches were invited to a training session at the Microsoft Innovation and Policy Center in DC, where Microsoft volunteers provided guidance on how to facilitate a coding session in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Starting several decades ago, several powerhouse groups and individuals invested in recruiting a more diverse teacher workforce, says Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and policy at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and an expert on teacher demographics.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Stafford was concerned that in February the school system began taking many students who were absent from remote learning to truancy court; she said that the messaging around virtual attendance policies had been “ambiguous.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Prior to his appointment, Greg was the Capitol Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Chronicle where he covered politics and policy at the State Capitol for nearly 20 years.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

At Belmont, fourth and fifth graders get extra lessons in STEM subjects, such as robotics and hands-on science experiments. For the entirety of Khadija and her fifth grade classmates’ lives, immigration policy has been at the center of national debate. We all want to be with our families,” Ronny says. “It

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

percent of STEM undergraduate and 17.4 percent of STEM master’s degrees.[i] offer succinct conceptual frameworks in their 2022 book : “The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers in the US: Applications of Asian Critical Race Theory to Resist Marginalization.”[ii] ii] Kim, Jung & Hsieh, Betina, 2022.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a super cool app that encourages problem-based learning and STEM skills for students. Subjects: math, science, engineering Age group: K-12 Technology needed: iPhone or iPad The app leverages augmented reality and encourages design thinking and STEM learning to engage students in both space and future STEM careers.

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