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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. Historically Black colleges and universities have an outstanding reputation in terms of building science courses in their undergraduate and graduate programs,” Schneider says. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

The CoolCatTeacher

So, last week I called one of my major sponsors – a distance learning professional development company – Advancement Courses. They agreed for three of their top course designers to come on a free webinar with me to talk about distance learning. They know how to do distance learning. What will not be covered?

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The Resurgence of 3D Printers in Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

A study by Macquarie University in Australia and educational technology company Makers Empire confirms what’s easy for educators to observe — 3D lessons engage students , enabling them to learn advanced concepts and skills. MakerBot’s 3D printing certification programs are self-paced, online courses for individuals or entire districts.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

Edsurge

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. This story also appeared in USA Today Falling off that path can lock students out of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.

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10 Ways to Move Forward: Learning Gaps and Post Pandemic Learning [Free Webinar]

The CoolCatTeacher

Advancement Courses sponsors this webinar. Remember to use the code COOL20 for 20% off a course with Advancement Courses. I’ll be taking a course with them this summer for my PD. This webinar includes Vicki Davis and two top course designers from Advancement Courses. Danielle Strohmeyer.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

Edsurge

He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I So what has he learned in more than 20 years from applying his persistence (and much of the money he won from the Nobel) to studying teaching? And it showed me there were much better ways to teach than what was being used in most of our courses.

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First nationwide look at racial breakdown of career education confirms deep divides

The Hechinger Report

In Nevada, just 4 percent of students who took a career-oriented science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) course in the 2019-20 school year — 88 students total — were Black, even though Black students make up more than 11 percent of the state’s public school enrollment.

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