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

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”). Now over 89% do.

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

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He’s cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training , pandemic recovery , and STEM education. He’s hollowed out the offices responsible for traditional federal roles like research and civil rights protection. But to some, the Trump-driven changes aren’t coming fast enough.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. Every student should be able to see diversity in the STEM fields.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. Every student should be able to see diversity in the STEM fields.

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Let’s Make Math Education Relevant for Real Life

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This was true regardless of whether they were pursuing an algebra-intensive major like engineering or physics, or a field like communications, counseling, or political science that doesn’t rely on algebra. Fortunately, much has changed since then in California and elsewhere, paving the way to modernizing mathematics education.

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Training Today’s Youth to Become Tomorrow's Mental Health Care Providers

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The discrepancy stems from systemic factors like economic inequality, as well as cultural ones. Studies have shown that counseling and therapy are more effective when providers share a cultural understanding with patients. Families may believe that therapy is ‘a white people thing,’” Cherestal says.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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Looking ahead, it is important for educators to help students develop 21st century skills, especially as more industries need STEM-focused employees. We have a complex language where one letter pattern can stand for different sounds (COW and SNOW), and where similar sounds can be spelled in different ways (WAIT and WEIGHT).

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