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Engineering Fun!
I am interested in high school engineering projects. I’m looking for fun, engaging, and challenging projects for my honors students.—T., Rhode Island There is a vast amount of resources and ideas to help you out with engineering projects. Start with … Continue reading
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Tagged coding, design, engineering, high school, project-based learning, projects, robotics, STEM, STEM education
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Ed News: Teachers Need More Pay, Not Merit Pay
This week in education news, Title IV-A Coalition opposes President Trump’s plan to pull the plug on $1.2 billion block grant; research-practitioner partnerships across the country work to improve the quality of teachers who enter the teaching workforce; Deans for … Continue reading
Ed News: Putting the ‘E’ in STEM for the Littlest Learners
This week in education news, Sen. Lamar Alexander plans to retire; 2018 federal report found that only 18 percent of the innovations funded by the Education Department lifted student achievement; project-based learning has developed a significant following in recent years; … Continue reading
Ed News: Betsy DeVos Steers Federal Grant For Innovation To STEM Programs
This week in education news, 11 of the 18 Education Innovation and Research grant recipients have programs focused on helping schools improve STEM instruction; there are 389,000 fewer teachers in the K-12 workforce new report finds; the job of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy DeVos, career and technical education, Economic Policy Institute, Education Innovation and Research grants, Education News Roundup, girls in science, Hurricane Michael, robotics, science education gap, STEM, teacher evaluations, teacher workforce
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Ed News: Inspiring STEM Education & Life Skills Via Robotics
This week in education news, a recent study found that on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school year learning; new study suggests that specific types of preservice training and professional development may … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, after-school programs, career and technical education, Colorado, computer science standards, early education, Education News Roundup, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, online learning, professional development, robotics, sexual harassment, STEM, summer learning, Title IV
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Ed News: Lecture Instruction – Alive and Not So Well
This week in education news, new analysis of college-level STEM classes found that lecture instruction still remains as the dominant form of teaching; report that launched the modern education reform movement turns 35; schools and districts across the country invest … Continue reading
Science of the Winter Olympics: Movement & Robotics
Did you see an Olympic performance (perhaps Davis & White’s gold-medal ice dance) that looked so perfect, so flawless, that it seemed almost robotic? If so, you’ll want to watch Olympic Movement & Robotic Design—another installment in the Science and … Continue reading