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What Motivates Maker Educators?

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These are just a few of the questions behind a new study (PDF) from SRI International on the. Researchers also asked respondents to share how many students in their maker clubs or classes hail from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Who are the people spearheading maker education? And what motivates them?

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

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million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. My friends are all proud of me.

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Writing Is Still How We Communicate

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Among the biggest changes the Common Core Standards require is the shift in the burden of general literacy. Science has become a perhaps overly-micro study of stuff rather than a system for acquiring knowledge and moving from theory to data. Writing Is Still How We Communicate. by Terry Heick.