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How Online Camps Help Kids Stay Connected to STEM Skills and Mentors Year-Round

MindShift

“Many in-person tech or coding summer camps are expensive, boutique programs only available in urban high-tech regions,” said Salen, whose prolific career includes founding Institute of Play , the organization behind diverse game-based learning projects like the famed Quest to Learn school in New York City and Chicago.

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. Related: New high score: Game based learning is a winner in college remedial math.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

The pandemic highlighted the massive digital divide that exists between marginalized communities and affluent communities that enjoy well-established digital infrastructure. Schools will make changes to provide systematic instruction and stem the bleed of learning loss. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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