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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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So Brito took some engineering classes at his high school, became president of his state’s Technology Student Association, and is starting at the University of Washington this fall on a pre-science track. She gravitated toward psychology and now plans to get a master’s in counseling and become a mental health worker.

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Trump moved fast and broke things in education–but what he’s creating isn’t clear

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ProPublica reported that under Trump the Office for Civil Rights has dropped ongoing investigations into serious racial bullying and mistreatment of students with disabilities and abandoned agreements that required school districts to change how they treated Native students. And the U.S.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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Take, for example, the recent California Science Test (CAST) scores released in October 2022 that showed 29.45 percent of students met or exceeded the Science standards. percent of Black or African American students met or exceeded the Science standards. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

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Inside the unique STEM school for students with learning difficulties

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nonprofit with a smattering of schools around the city, most catering to students with learning disabilities. We then started computer science and a STEM curriculum in the whole of Village Glen,” he said. The STEM3 Academy — that’s STEM cubed — was started by the Help Group , an L.A. It was very successful.

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3 ways students with autism benefit from art, music and recreation

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Courtney Carnes, MS, ATR-BC, holds a master’s degree in art therapy with a concentration in counseling from Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Science in pre-art therapy with a minor in leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana. About the Presenters.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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The term “science of reading” has become shorthand for phonics in many cases. However, getting lost in that discussion is the recognition that the science of reading encompasses all scientifically-based reading research. In 2023, the science of reading discussion will grow to encompass reading skills beyond foundational skills.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

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We want all children to attend a public school where there is a nurse, the arts, band, orchestra, novels, field trips, technology and daily classes in the “untested subjects” (such as science and social studies). Charter schools have been known to cherry pick students by race, class and even disability levels.