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Preparing Students for the Future: Lessons from STEMpath's Industry Collaborations

MindSpark

by Rose Gaylen How are your students preparing for a modern workforce? What effective communication skills are they developing, which industry standard productivity tools are they using? How are they collaborating so that they can succeed in the future? As an educator, how can you answer these questions?

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Grandparents, neighbors and friends are propping up the child care industry. They need help

The Hechinger Report

At the same time, caregivers, many of whom are grandparents, learn about child development and how to navigate toddler tantrums, support early language and math skills and help children learn through play. Nobody is born knowing how to be a parent or caregiver, we all have to learn it.”

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The mental health needs of Black and Hispanic girls often go unmet. This group wraps them in support

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in The 19th Yuli Paez-Naranjo, a Working on Womanhood counselor, sported a purple WOW T-shirt as she led the group in a discussion about how values can inform decisions. “Do How about fighting?” The only positive outcome is you may find out how strong you are,” said Deanna Palacio, one of the girls.

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Years after pandemic closures, we’re seeing their effects inside our schools

eSchool News

Since school buildings reopened after COVID closures, I’ve heard teachers say, again and again, that the older elementary children in their classrooms are just not the same. Our fifth graders can solve a basic math problem but often struggle to explain how to answer a word problem. They had to learn how to exist in a large group.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Then, they made way for the next group of students, who were eager to drop their own bag from the staircase in hope of a different result. The third graders at A.J. Justin Middaugh, an engineer from Michelin, watches as students at A.J.

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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

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Note: These are for mixed age groups so preview them first and select those that work for your students: BrainPOP Human Body video. An easier version — and well-suited to elementary age students — is Find My Body Parts. Each is three-five minutes and aimed at elementary age students. Click to view slideshow.

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. School districts will have to make choices.” The onsite training is expensive.

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