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Mission Molecular Literacy: A Framework for Transforming Chemistry Education

k12 Digest

For decades, chemistry has been considered a “gatekeeper” course within STEM education, with nearly 50% of college students failing, withdrawing, or dropping introductory chemistry courses (ACS, 2020). Such approaches capitalize on rhythm and repetition to reinforce symbolic associations, similar to alphabet songs in early literacy education.

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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators

eSchool News

Key points: Early exposure to STEM education is critical for students See article: Building a STEM pipeline needs to start in kindergarten See article: Here’s why STEM Career Days are a great idea For more on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page In today’s fast-paced world, STEM education has become imperative for global progress.

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5 educators share insights into teaching and learning

eSchool News

Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. In the coming year, early adopters will continue to play with new AI tools to see how they can be used in education.

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Rethinking Recess Leads to Results On and Off the Playground

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CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair?

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How to Improve Brain Function and Reverse Poverty's Impact on Student Learning

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For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. The reality is that most interventions do not fundamentally address cognitive capacity, and they are not working quickly enough.

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The ?Unsung Heroes? Keeping Students and Families Fed During School Closures

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Announcements about school closures came, perhaps ominously, on Friday, March 13. Many educators and students learned that buildings would be closed beginning the following Monday, with no real sense of when they might reopen. Lunch ladies are often the unsung heroes of the school,” says Kujawa. It’s very rewarding.”

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A Glimpse Into the Playful World of Seymour Papert

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My mentor and collaborator, Seymour Papert, was a brilliant mathematician, a distinguished computer scientist, an innovative learning theorist, a humanitarian and a visionary for technology-based education change to empower every children. Constructionism. In his view, there was hope for every child.

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