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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. Department of Education and will last five years.

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts Published: Social sciences, humanities and the arts are vital for addressing complex challenges, but do young people truly understand their value? What is SHAPE? SHAPE subjects are, in fact, just as vital to society as STEM.

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What Could Web3 Mean for Education?

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Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling. It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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This story also appeared in USA Today Falling off that path can lock students out of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students. That’s a phenomenon Weissman noticed at his university. The solution?

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5 Strategies for Inspiring an Inclusive STEM Culture in Your School

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In order to support a diverse educational community, it’s crucial that schools find ways to foster inclusivity across the curriculum. Diversity and inclusion are particularly important in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines, where minority groups are systemically underrepresented.

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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

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Me being a first-generation student, I've never had the resources to be able to step into education. For Garcia, the experience not only got her more engaged at her community college, but also prompted her to consider pursuing additional higher education, too. She signed up. “Me She hadn’t thought much about it, she said.

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

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Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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