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Education news, analysis, and opinion about classroom learning and curricula that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math
Science White House Rolls Out Early-Childhood STEM Initiatives
The White House is celebrating federal, state and local initiatives intended to help young children learn more about science, technology, engineering, and math.
Christina A. Samuels, April 22, 2016
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Science Early-Childhood STEM Programs Take Root at White House Event
The White House is celebrating federal, state and local initiatives intended to help young children learn more about science, technology, engineering, and math.
Christina A. Samuels, April 21, 2016
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Abdullah Haseeb, 4, works with “circuit blocks” last year in the MakeShop at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. The blocks are the result of a collaboration between a local teacher, a resident artist, and a robotics lab at Carnegie Mellon University.
Abdullah Haseeb, 4, works with “circuit blocks” last year in the MakeShop at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. The blocks are the result of a collaboration between a local teacher, a resident artist, and a robotics lab at Carnegie Mellon University.
Jeff Swenson for Education Week-File
School & District Management Researchers Probe Equity, Design Principles in Maker Ed.
Encouraging students to draw not just on their own internal skills and experiences, but also assets from individuals and community is a key to successful "maker" education, research suggests.
Benjamin Herold, April 19, 2016
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Science Inventions and Ideas at Obama's Last White House Science Fair
At the White House Science Fair, Pres. Barack Obama mingled with talented students from around the country.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, April 14, 2016
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The R. W. Kern Center at Hampshire College, which opens this month, is already being used as a site for collaborative work between students and professors.
The R. W. Kern Center at Hampshire College, which opens this month, is already being used as a site for collaborative work between students and professors.
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Teaching Opinion The Power of Experiential Learning
Experiential learning can inspire and prepare today's students for jobs that have yet to be invented, writes Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash.
Jonathan Lash, April 12, 2016
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Curriculum Study: 'Hot Wheels' Curriculum Aligned to New Science Standards Boosts Learning
A science curriculum using toy cars helped engage girls and special education students in learning physics, finds a study presented at AERA.
Debra Viadero, April 12, 2016
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School & District Management Opinion Filling a Leadership Position? Wait!
Most schools remain in a teaching and learning format that is frighteningly similar to the one from a century past. So vacancies now present extraordinary opportunities with consequences that may last decades.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, April 12, 2016
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Science AERA: 'Hot Wheels' Curriculum Found to Boost Science Learning for Boys and Girls
A science curriculum using toy cars helped engage girls and special education students in physics learning, finds a study presented at AERA.
Debra Viadero, April 11, 2016
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Abdullah Haseeb, 4, works with “circuit blocks” in the MakeShop at the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. The blocks are the result of a collaboration between a local teacher, a resident artist, and a robotics lab at Carnegie Mellon University.
Abdullah Haseeb, 4, works with "circuit blocks" in the MakeShop at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Jeff Swensen for Education Week
Curriculum The Maker Movement in K-12 Education: A Guide to Emerging Research
As Maker Education evolves in K-12, researchers are exploring related equity issues, design principles for Maker spaces, and the impact of this approach on student learning.
Benjamin Herold, April 11, 2016
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Curriculum Virginia Could Be First State to Require All K-12 Students to Learn Computer Science
The Virginia legislature passed a bill that would require computer science to be added to the state's K-12 learning standards.
Liana Loewus, April 7, 2016
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Curriculum Arkansas Teachers Get Lessons in Computer Coding
After pledging to offer computer science courses in every school, Arkansas has rapidly trained hundreds of teachers to code.
Emmanuel Felton, April 4, 2016
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Curriculum Louisiana Won't Take Unconstitutional Creationism Law Off the Books
Louisiana senators voted against repealing a law that requires public schools to give balanced treatment to evolution and creationism—despite the fact that the law has been deemed unconstitutional and can't be enforced.
Liana Loewus, March 31, 2016
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Families & the Community News in Brief Poll: Parents Take Dim View of Careers in STEM Teaching
A poll from the nonprofit group ASQ (formerly the American Society for Quality) finds that while 90 percent of parents would encourage their children to pursue a career in a STEM field, 87 percent said they would be "concerned" if that career happened to be as a K-12 teacher.
Anthony Rebora, March 29, 2016
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School & District Management Report Roundup Science Learning
Focusing the responsibility for learning on students can be more effective than traditional lectures in improving student achievement in STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math—courses, especially for underrepresented minority students, says a study of college students published in the journal PLOS Biology.
Ross Brenneman, March 29, 2016
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