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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten classroom in Oakland. Speaking quietly to her 4-year-old students, she picked one boy from the group to count his classmates: 22. This coming fall, children who have a fifth birthday by June 2, 2025, can enroll.

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College students predicted to fall by more than 15% after the year 2025

The Hechinger Report

Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota, predicts that the college-going population will drop by 15 percent between 2025 and 2029 and continue to decline by another percentage point or two thereafter. racial and ethnic groups. The institution’s existence is dependent on meeting the expectations of the student.”

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Getting started with STEM in your classroom!

Neo LMS

million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills. Something that works well is using station rotations to offer several STEM activities and tools and be better able to provide all students with time to explore on their own or in small groups. Groups have to figure out how to work together to make the tower.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills which include coding. Some of the courses available are broken into age groups and include options such as CoderZ Adventure for ages 6 through 10, Robotics 101 which is a self-paced program for students ages 11 through 14, and Python gym for students ages 15 and older.

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Suffering From Labor Shortages, States Look To Build Up K-12 Digital Transparency.

Edsurge

The states are betting that mapping out the digital credentials will provide officials and educators with clarity into the education-to-job pipeline, which may help them ensure that they train enough people with the right skills to meet employer demand. Other digital credential experts agree.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. A new networking group for community college program coordinators held its first call in February.

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

The Coalition will continue to ignite student curiosity and influence a diverse future STEM workforce and reach 10 million teachers and students by 2025. Virtual Field Trip : The Courage to Act Virtual Field Trip shares the stories of young people standing up as individuals, groups, or as a community to make the world a better place.