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Transforming Compton’s Schools into a STEAM Pipeline for Students

edWeb.net

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. These sorts of partnerships enhance rigorous K-12 STEAM classes, which are supplemented by after-school programs, summer camps, and family and community events.

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Lessons from Digital Learning Day

Educator Innovator

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. So it should be with E-Rate.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. Knowledge work has moved online as professionals work remotely. And workers who are not at desk jobs may be more likely to consume learning in short bites of mobile microlearning.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Once home, she refused to go back.

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Things To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving – Our 2021 Gratitude List

Fractus Learning

Going to places and experiencing events you wouldn’t have been exposed to in any other way. Grateful for hormones that control your heart rate, reproduction, and sleep cycles. Imagine the world without gears; how will an egg beater, clocks, helicopters, or robotics work. Prioritiz e. Field Trips. Vending Machines.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 See you online!

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Hi-Lo Texts: Reaching fringe readers with text bands

The Cornerstone for Teachers

They typically watch the same tv shows and movies, are interested in the same pop culture trends, are curious about the same current events in the news, and are obsessed with the same YouTubers or TikTok trends. That is a huge span of reading levels, but they are all emotionally 6th graders. By Tedd Arnold (F Series) J.D. the Kid Barber by J.