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5 Ways to Prepare Every Student for the STEM Economy

Edsurge

High quality STEM learning and engagement opportunities can be life changing for young people in disenfranchised communities who otherwise might not have a direct pathway to the fast-growing STEM economy. Students engaged in STEM programs are prepared for success in the classroom and the workforce.

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Carolina Biological Products Named Best-in-Class for K to 12 Science Teaching and Learning in National STEM Awards

eSchool News

Leading K-12 science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company won four prestigious national Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2023 Awards and earned Finalist in two more categories. The awards are the only competition in which products are reviewed and judged only by STEM educators.

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How Leveraging Curiosity May Keep Students Engaged From Afar

Edsurge

Bongiorno spoke with us about her experience with FIRST , STEM education and navigating remote instruction—as both an educator and parent—during the COVID-19 pandemic. With four kids home virtually learning, I have to plot out who can be on what meeting because, if we have more than two people online at a time, the broadband will cut out.

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How to Start a High School Esports Team & Benefit Your School

ViewSonic Education

Make it official by planning out the details such as meeting time and structure. The meeting location will be critical, as you’ll need gaming-ready workstations on which to hone your gameplay. Use Facebook, Twitter, and any and all media that’s most popular at your school to share the details with members and interested students.

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To attract more blacks and Hispanics to STEM, universities must address racial issues on campus

The Hechinger Report

Tiana Young is a freshman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where a racist Facebook post from a student in the alt-right group Turning Point left the African-American community shaken and frustrated by the school’s lack of public response. Photo: Stuart Miller for The Hechinger Report.

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

Among the free resources are: STEM Career Profiles : The Black History Month collection from the STEM Careers Coalition celebrates the careers of Black leaders in STEM during Black History Month and beyond. The STEM Careers Coalition solves critical gaps in representation in the STEM professional workforce.

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This is What Powerful Learning Looks Like, Students Share Their Stories

Digital Promise

I was at a school last year that showed movies during science class to meet a science lesson requirement. Women of color are poorly represented in STEM-related fields in the U.S. 1 Zaina, a high school junior in Los Angeles, has undertaken the challenge of improving STEM learning opportunities for middle school-aged women of color.

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