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School Counselors Helping More Women Go Into Computer Science: Tips and Advice to Find the Fit

The CoolCatTeacher

When we meet with school counselors, one of the things that we share out is the data regarding Bachelor’s degrees that are being conferred in this country, and the number of jobs that are available. Sometimes when we’re talking about STEM, we’re looking at science, technology, engineering, and math. Bio as submitted.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said. But that wasn’t a thing then. It’s stuff that we learned.”.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 She has spent numerous hours advocating for school libraries at the state level with many trips to the state capitol to meet with lawmakers.

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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. ALL students have access and are engaged in robust STEM activities, preparing them for a career of their choice. Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and education consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

edWeb.net

Dr. Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership including Secondary Principal, Chief Academic Officer, Deputy Superintendent, and interim Superintendent. Ann Levett was appointed Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia effective June 2017.

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DLEMS 00: Deeper learning in elementary and middle schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

EL , Design39 , or EPiC ), most of the schools that are featured in deeper learning research, advocacy, and publicity conversations often are at the secondary level (e.g., However, with some exceptions (e.g., The Met or High Tech High ).

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Beate W. Global Citizen.