Career in STEM

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The book lays out the many ways in which you can employ these resources on a small scale to live a more economical and sustainable lifestyle while helping your STEM career. The post How To Save Money on STEM, Science, and Life with Open Source appeared first on Career In STEM®. The tools give you access to millions of free designs.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

And why, in spite of the decades of brain science we now have, is it still so deeply held? But the idea that we need to build our policy around the idea that we hope that children will come to kindergarten ‘ready to learn,’ as if kindergarten is where learning actually begins, is really contradicted by decades of brain science at this point.

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

The stakes are high when it comes to equity in computer science education and in the broader tech industry. That’s not just because tech is a key to economic opportunity in America these days, but it’s also because of the social good that comes when everyone has a chance to have a seat at the table to build a better future.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

. “Using Video to Examine Formative Assessment Practices as Measures of Expertise for Mathematics and Science Teachers.” ” International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 13 (2015): 405-423. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics education at North Carolina State University (NCSU).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Finance and Economics: The Art of Numbers In the realms of finance and economics, mathematics is the brush with which professionals paint the picture of the market’s future. Mathematics: The Language of Computer Science Theoretical Foundations At the heart of computer science lies a rich tapestry of mathematical concepts.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” In MS and HS, it expands to cover science, mathematics, civics, economics, and maybe geography.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, five of the eight Ivy League universities have reclassified their economics degrees from social science to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). It allows graduates of quantitative economics and economics to apply for more generous visas compared to those granted non-STEM majors.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2025

The school where I teach science is nestled in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, mere miles from the sprawling campuses of X, Meta and Google. I struggle with how much class time I should dedicate to developing these crucial skills versus the science practices and ideas I am obligated and trained to teach.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Earlier in the 2000s, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development described social capital as a space requiring further investigation to help students pursue higher education and careers. Through resources made available by connections — resources that can be mobilized through ties in the networks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire 4th graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home: Coffee shop- -the economics of running a business. Simulations –varied science games; highly popular; they do a good job of explaining complicated science. Everfi.com –finances for K-12.

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APRIL 28, 2025

Imagine immersing yourself in historical events or conducting virtual science experiments, making learning both interactive and impactful. Global Perspectives on Education Education’s landscape varies dramatically across the globe, reflecting diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

This large economic and racial divide between two adjacent districts in Michigan shows that school segregation persists in the 21st century. But some district pairs revealed far higher levels of economic segregation, like Frankenmuth and Saginaw, whose poverty rates differ by about 45 percentage points. Its poverty rate is 50 percent.

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ED Surge

JUNE 9, 2022

But if the point of higher education is to buoy economic mobility, those lists that make headlines every year aren’t showing the whole picture. Meanwhile, she adds, the top 10 schools based on the economic mobility index enroll nearly 100,000 Pell recipients. It’s through this lens that things start to look different.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Look at the FutureSmart Course Free from EVERFI Length of course: 7 modules taking 25 minutes each Grades: 6-8 Languages: English/Spanish Lesson Overview (PDF) Resource #3: SmartEconomics for Middle Schoolers SmartEconomics introduces middle schoolers to understand economics, market forces that impact consumer goods, and key economic concepts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner. Whether it’s analyzing trends in data, finding optimal solutions in optimization problems, or understanding the behavior of functions, graphing is a valuable tool for problem-solving.

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CoderZ

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As the influence of AI weaves itself into our daily lives, the technology is also reshaping computer science education and careers. However, the rapid advancement of AI has led to the emergence of new challenges, including growing barriers to entry as technology outpaces already limited access to computer science education.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

With humanities and social science degree completions declining over the past 10 years, college liberal arts programs should consider sharing new U.S Census Bureau salary and industry data to teach prospective students about the programs’ strong economic returns. percent between 2020 to 2030. percent from 2020 to 2030.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the past decade, online program managers like 2U and Wiley gained the vast majority of economic value created by online education (most, if not all, of which was originally developed by universities). Today, the idea of the metaverse in higher education might seem like a far-off product of a science fiction writer’s imagination.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

5- Science Museum Science Museum helps you explore the home of human ingenuity online. Find out about our objects, arts projects and medical collection, play educational games and discover climate science." In an increasingly virtual world, our specimens are the real, concrete evidence of life on Earth.'

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

National Science Teaching Association The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers an extensive knowledge base for science educators. The NSTA also has nearly a thousand peer-reviewed case studies on various science topics. This comprises the NCCSTS collection, which you can access online for free.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Two theories proposed by notable twentieth-century scholars stand out—one by James Samuel Coleman, an American sociologist who worked at the University of Chicago, and the other by French structuralist Pierre Bourdieu, who taught at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.

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ED Surge

JUNE 16, 2023

“We broke through the temporary status of contingent higher ed employment under a framework that offers some semblance of job security,” said Amy Higer, a lecturer at Rutgers’ Newark School of Arts and Sciences and president of PTLFC-AAUP-AFT, unions representing part-time employees. Why are so many adjuncts mobilizing now?

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This caustic combination of biased or incomplete information and a lack in public awareness very easily fuels damaging stereotypes of Asians as perpetually and dangerously foreign and “taking over” what are seen as limited resources, especially during times of social and economic instability and widening gaps in wealth and income inequality.

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Computing Education Research Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

My activities in computing education these days are organized around two main projects: Defining computing education for undergraduates in the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and Arts (see earlier blog post referencing this effort ); Participatory design of Teaspoon languages (mentioned most recently in this blog post ).

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, a recent August 2023 report from the Council for Economic Education brings more news. It reveals that 25 states require students to take a course in economics to graduate. Whether you teach economics, business, social studies, or career readiness, these financial literacy lessons have a place.

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ED Surge

MAY 11, 2023

The group plans to produce reports and guidelines for using AI in education; make policy recommendations for incorporating AI in school curriculum standards, courses, tools, assessments, and professional learning; and establish a global framework for computer-science curriculum that includes AI.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. That can relieve the pressure they feel around advanced math, freeing up mental space to devote to science, Zuniga adds.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

World Economic Forum – the Future of Jobs Report 2020, published October 20, 2020. 48:14 Diversity in Computer Science and the future of our world and its success. 12:52 Examples of positive uses of applications of AI in our world today and concerns as it relates to children in schools. The Washington Post. Time Magazine.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As the eldest of seven children, Ms.Washington developed a strong sense of responsibility and a passion for education early on, recognizing it as a powerful pathway to economic mobility. Washington is a dedicated and transformative educator born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey.

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STEM Education Works

APRIL 1, 2025

And as advanced technologies like this become increasingly more ubiquitous in the world around us, its more important than ever to get students interested in computer science and computer programming.

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Educators Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more.

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ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

My previous position was as an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, and I will say that our DFW numbers [the percentage of students in a course who get a D or F grade or who withdraw] do increase across areas where students aren't engaging. I mean, I think they're very aware of the economic reality. You would think.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

The need for such varied skills has only gotten more pronounced in recent years, she argues, in these times of “political division, racial violence, extreme rhetoric, intensifying storms, mass shootings, economic crises, global pandemics and more.” Absolutely, if done alone.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It could be mathematics, it could be chess, it could be novel writing, and it could be science. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. You look across all sorts of fields. Millions of students in the U.S.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

With China muscling its way into the first ranks as a global power in science and technology— building vast new academic complexes, climbing to the top ranks of the world's elite universities, surpassing the U.S. Wang thinks that officials will take another three to five years before they approve any virtual degrees.

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