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10 Popular Educational Trends and What You Need to Know

Waterford

It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance. Blended Learning. STEAM Curriculum. Genius Hour. Digital Citizenship.

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Friday 5: K-12 computer science trends

eSchool News

Let’s take a look at K-12 computer science trends and where computer science education is heading across the country: Who is a computer science educator? Computer science principles give students critical computational thinking skills that will serve them in any career field or professional endeavor.

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Guidance counselors could help female high schoolers erase the STEM gender gap

eSchool News

As a result, the gender gap in completing the STEM endorsement in HISD almost completely disappeared, declining from 6.2% Both male and female students were switching to STEM in the second cohort. The researchers said they hope this work will shed light on the impact of support for students, especially females, pursuing STEM education.

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When your classroom is a garden

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Adding outdoor classrooms to elementary schools. Most respondents said they became interested in STEM prior to sixth grade.

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Building a representative STEM pipeline needs to start in kindergarten

eSchool News

These numbers are reflective of the broader STEM community and related career fields, including scientists and mathematicians. Women, for instance, make up only 28 percent of the STEM workforce, whereas Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults combined make up only 30 percent. The number of U.S. The number of U.S.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. AR & VR.

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Girls and STEM: The Google 20% Project That Encourages Girls to go Into STEM

The CoolCatTeacher

Komal Singh is a Google Engineer and recruited other Google employees to participate in a powerful 20% time project that encourages girls to go into STEM. Topics include teaching foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12. Today’s show is a team of people at Google who have done just that. from Simon Fraser University.

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