Educational Toys Market Expected to Grow 10 Percent through 2021

The global educational toys market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 10 percent from the present to 2021, according to a recent report by market research firm Technavio. 07/18/2017 Read More

Several School Districts in U.S. Cancel Class for Aug. 21 Eclipse

School districts in Tennessee, Missouri, South Carolina and other states have canceled class Aug. 21, owing to a total eclipse of the sun expected on that date across a wide swath of the United States. 07/17/2017 Read More

Girls Learn Virtuous Hacking at Tandon School of Engineering

The no-cost program is intended to woo more women into data security. 07/17/2017 Read More

Program for Teaching with Drones in Middle School Receives STEM Grant

Long Cane Middle School has won a grant of more than $8,000 to launch a drone project focused on STEAM education. 07/17/2017 Read More

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Report: Top 5 Vendors in Global AR Education Market

Market research firm Technavio has identified the top five vendors in the global augmented reality (AR) in education market. The companies are EON Reality, DAQRI, GAMOOZ, Magic Leap and QuiverVision. 07/14/2017 Read More

Carnegie Mellon Invention Captures Social Motion

The approach used by the team was to "localize" body parts in a scene — arms, legs, faces, hands — and associate those parts with individuals. 07/14/2017 Read More

Nonprofit Mouse Launching STEM Courses, Teaching New Tech Skills

Mouse, a New York-based nonprofit, is launching a handful of STEM courses this fall, aimed at teaching students new skills based on cutting edge technology. 07/13/2017 Read More

Biggest Challenges Facing K–12 STEM Ed: PD, Accountability Systems, CS Curricula

Mining two years’ worth of expert feedback, a nonprofit has identified six root causes to more than 100 issues facing STEM education today. The resulting “Grand Challenges” interactive map is a two-year project from 100Kin10 based on input from teachers, principals, nonprofit leaders, researchers, policymakers, union representatives and other education stakeholders within its network. 07/13/2017 Read More

Best Apps and Websites for Learning Programming and Coding

By Common Sense Education

These tools support project-based learning and give students the freedom to create, collaborate, hack, remix and tinker with their own unique designs. Using these picks, kids can unlock the logic of code and the basics of programming, turning computers into tools to make new things. 07/13/2017 Read More

Code.org Releases Free CS Course for Grades 7-9

Code.org, which runs Hour to Code, has released new curriculum for grades 7 to 9, along with teacher guidance. 07/13/2017 Read More

Survey: Generation Z's Best Students Seek Careers in STEM and Healthcare