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Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

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Acton, MA – Discovery Museum announced a 30-year milestone for its in-school STEM program, Traveling Science Workshops, having delivered hands-on science to more than half a million PreK through 8 th grade students from hundreds of communities throughout Massachusetts since the program began in 1992. About Discovery Museum.

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The 6 Core Beliefs Behind Blending Leadership in Your School

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Sketchnote from Belief #5 about Mission, illustrated by Brad Ovenell-Carter. Blending Leadership: Six Simple Beliefs for Leading Online and Off by Stephen J. Valentine and Dr. Reshan Richards.

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Let’s Teach Computer Science Majors to Be Good Citizens. The Whole World Depends on It.

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Yet even broadened participation in college computer science courses may not shift the tech workforce and block bias from seeping into tech tools if students aren’t taught that diversity and ethics are essential to their field of study and future careers. When we compared more than 5,500 student responses by major, what we found was striking.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

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There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. And that science isnt just experimentsits about impact. At the heart of this vision is a simple but powerful belief: joyful learning changes lives. Think art meets science.

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Mindsets: Four Beliefs That Lead to Highly-Motivated Students

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Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students. i] Beliefs are called mindsets when they filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves. [iii] In other words, can we foster greater motivation? This work has value to me. Roderick, M.,

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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Culture embodies our deepest collective social norms and beliefs, and provides the reference points for future learning. This process is meant to leverage not only the brain science behind complex mathematical reasoning, but also students’ passion for making change in the world on their own terms.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

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About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.”

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