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Getting started with STEM in your classroom!

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There is a growing need for STEM skills in the workplace, as it has been reported that there will be 3.5 million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills. To best prepare students, we need to find opportunities for them to learn about STEM and can do so at any grade level or in any content area.

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How States Can Take a Grassroots Approach to Training More Bilingual Teachers

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stems from a lack of role models, inaccessible and unaffordable higher ed teacher training programs and weak academic language skills among would-be educators. Marvin Lopez is executive director of the California Center on Teaching Careers, which has plans to open a rural bilingual teacher residency program in 2025.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

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Read more: Getting started with STEM in your classroom! million jobs available by 2025 that require STEM skills which include coding. With this recognized need for coding and STEM skills, it is important to spark student curiosity which might create an interest in a future career. Grasshopper. Using Scratch Jr.,

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New Report Shows the National Math and Science Initiative’s Long-Term Impact on Ensuring Equitable Access to STEM

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In a report released today, data suggest that compared to the national average, students enrolled in NMSI-supported Advanced Placement® courses are more likely to further their education and earn STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) degrees. NMSI’s College Readiness Program is working to close the STEM gap for all students.

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Computer Science Educators Wanted: How This New Program Is Addressing the Shortage

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In an environment of 21st century demand from tech-hungry students, educators are largely stuck with out-of-date or insufficient training to keep up with demand. We expect that the United States will need more than 30,000 secondary teachers qualified to teach CS by 2025. AP courses aren’t the biggest area of need [for teachers].

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Computer science classes have an equity issue–some NYC educators are trying to change that

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Despite New York City’s 10-year plan to bring “computer science to all” students by 2025, equity remains a big issue, according to a recent report from New York University’s Research Alliance analyzing the program through the 2020-21 school year. Teacher training has remained a roadblock. It’s still seen as an elective.”.

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When Less Is More: Designing for Education’s Data Overload

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Training scenarios in the emergency room had gone poorly because doctors and nurses talked over each other and gave conflicting directions. The challenge stems, in part, from what is fast becoming data overload for school and district leaders, who struggle to make sense of data that is siloed, messy, and hard to find.

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