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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. Many students of color have been dissuaded from STEM and attending higher-level courses due to their past academic performance or solely based on their backgrounds. How are we actively recruiting diverse teachers and leaders?

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Digital instructional materials outpace print, study says

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Study reveals that the digital resource market is growing faster than the overall K-12 market. Teachers now are using more digital instructional materials than print materials in the classroom, according to a new study from Education Market Research (EMR)/Simba Information. Next page: Findings from the study.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. Many students of color have been dissuaded from STEM and attending higher-level courses due to their past academic performance or solely based on their backgrounds. How are we actively recruiting diverse teachers and leaders?

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Help Build an OpenSciEd Research Agenda

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As such, OpenSciEd has several unique benefits relative to typical, commercially produced instructional materials. For example, because open materials can be readily modified, research studies can compare adapted lessons to their off-the-shelf counterparts to examine the effectiveness of the adaptations.

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New Content Added to Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Digital Services Boost Teachers’ Ability to Engage Students in Science, STEM, Social Studies, and More

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(September 13, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today it has added new digital assets to its services that boost teachers’ ability to engage students in a variety of subjects including Science, STEM, and Social Studies. This Is A.I.

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Education Arm of The Buck Institute – PBLWorks – Receives a $2.9 Million Grant from the Bezos Family Foundation

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million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model. The projects are part of a larger BIE initiative to provide high quality curriculum materials for K-12 focused on themes such as racial, social, and environmental justice.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using YouTube in the Classroom

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It demonstrates that video material is viral and draws in more people than any other content. Because of this, you might profit much from using YouTube as a terrific tool in your online study. YouTube has more instructional videos than the LC. To get access to free and high-quality lecture material.

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