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Business Leaders Say Computer Science Needs to Be A Core Subject

ED Surge

Today, a collection of more than 500 prominent business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer science a core subject. The effort was led by Code.org, an education nonprofit focused on expanding computer science education. In the U.S.,

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Thousands of students go through the university’s life sciences department, he adds, but a lot of them don’t graduate with degrees in those fields.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

So what about science? But that certainly doesn’t mean AI can’t importantly help the progress of science. But what I want to do here is to discuss what amount to deeper questions about AI in science. Three centuries ago science was transformed by the idea of representing the world using mathematics.

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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

Futurum

At the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in the US, biologists Barbara Barnhart and Dr Olivia Long are using their Science Seminar programme to ease this transition for first year students studying biology, chemistry and biochemistry degrees. What is Science Seminar? How do the seminars work?

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Is Computer Science STEM – The Link Between the Two

STEM Education Guide

It’s no secret that the exposure of students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can positively impact the future of the world and their futures. However, one thing that’s often overlooked is computer science education, an incredibly essential subject and skill in today’s digital era. What Is Computer Science?

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Two Main Branches of Mathematics That Kids Need to Learn

STEM Education Guide

Mathematics can be defined as the science of space, quantity, and number, as theoretically applied to other fields or as abstract concepts. As the science of relation, structure, and order, mathematics has advanced from elemental practices of measuring, counting, and shape description. What Is Mathematics? A2 + B2 = (A + B)2 – 2AB. (A

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POTU Evolution Part 1: From California to Rio Americano

The Blog of Phyz

Physics of the Universe is the physics portion of the three-course model for Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) implementation. The state of California has developed a framework for the three-course (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) implementation of NGSS. We will be adopting textbooks next year for all science courses.

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