Seventy-three percent of STEM faculty in a recent survey had to shift from face-to-face to remote learning in fall 2020, experiencing a multitude of barriers to teaching STEM courses online. Yet most survey respondents remain optimistic about the future of STEM postsecondary education, according to a new report from the Online Learning Consortium and Bay View Analytics.
12/06/2021
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Educators have about a month left to submit inquiries for a program that awards grants for innovative music programs of up to $10,000.
12/06/2021
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Deadlines are nearing for 15 awards and grants from the National Science Teacher Association for Kâ12 teachers and students in the sciences. There are 14 teacher awards open for applications/nominations and one award open to female students in grades 5â8. The deadlines for most are Dec. 15, 2021, with the remaining deadlines being December 17.
12/06/2021
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Collaborative lessons help teachers accelerate learning for all students in math, literacy, and SEL.
12/01/2021
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Data analytics company SAS and education technology company Sphero are working together to bring data analytics and robot coding â along with soft skills â to students with visual impairments.
11/17/2021
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Education technology company Twig Education has produced a new version of STEM curriculum for grades 6-8. Twig Middle School Science Next Gen features, among other resources, videos of scientists around the world, filmed on location, as they share their areas of expertise, including in subjects such as mechanical engineering, food sustainability, volcano eruptions and space exploration.
11/17/2021
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Cypress College in Cypress, Calif., recently celebrated the grand opening of two new facilities: the Veterans Resource Center and the Science, Engineering and Math (SEM) building.
11/17/2021
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Open educational resources publisher OpenStax has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education to address a gap in the OER textbook market.
11/16/2021
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Minecraft Education Edition has released a new, free Hour of Code. "Timecraft" lets students learn basic coding concepts while correcting "mysterious mishaps" throughout history.
11/16/2021
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Officials gathered recently to celebrate the topping out of a new STEAM elementary school in Pawtucket, R.I.
11/15/2021
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A large majority of students age 10 and younger are being taught STEM at school, and parents can't seem to get enough of it. A survey of 1,000 parents of students aged 10 and younger found that 78% reported that their kids are learning STEM-based curricula at least weekly. And 73% of parents want schools to adopt more STEM learning.
11/09/2021
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