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Empowering Teachers and Inspiring Students for a STEM-Driven Future

Edsurge

Research has found that effective professional development is content-focused, incorporates active learning and supports collaboration. When teachers have this kind of professional learning that is relevant to their work and professional goals, they have improved job satisfaction. But PLTW can’t do this work alone.

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Minneapolis’ Aim Academy of Science and Technology Selects Discovery Education to Support Science and Social Studies

eSchool News

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 26, 2022) —The Aim Academy of Science and Technology in Minneapolis, MN, today announced it has selected Discovery Education — the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place— to support science and social studies instruction in all grades.

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Mastercard and Discovery Education Partner to Empower Girls with STEM Learning Through the Signature Girls4Tech™ Program

eSchool News

(Thursday, April 22, 2021) — With the goal of providing five million girls with an engaging STEM education by 2025, Mastercard has partnered with Discovery Education to launch the latest phase of the award-winning Girls4Tech initiative. The study showed that women are less confident, receive less encouragement, and need more mentors in STEM.

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Announcing the 2021 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows

Digital Promise

These educators create deep, meaningful learning experiences for their students that are personal and accessible , authentic and challenging , collaborative and connected , and inquisitive and reflective. James Ewing, Grade K-5 STEM/Science and Grade 4 Special Education (New York). Morgan Keena, Grade 7 Social Studies (Idaho).

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Bridging the Trust Gap in AI: Ethical Design and Product Innovation to Revolutionize Classroom Experiences

Waterford

According to a recent 2023 UCLA study, by 2050, non-Hispanic White children are projected to compose just 42% of the school-aged population (ages 5-17), Hispanics will represent 29%, Blacks will represent 17%, Asians and Pacific Islanders will represent 7%, and children with multiracial or other identities will represent 4%.

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This Month at DE: February

Discovery Education

With DE resources, you can plan February fun where your students can explore STEM innovations, important moments in history, and career options to prepare them for the future!

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Learning and growing as educators

Neo LMS

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. So how can educators engage in professional learning and find time to connect with other educators, when schedules and responsibilities make finding extra time difficult? How I have found time to connect and grow as an educator.

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