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From curiosity to clarity: Showcasing career paths to young learners

eSchool News

Starting career exploration early Elementary school: Building awareness During my judging experience a few weeks ago, I met students who said they knew their career path since they were eight or nine. In elementary school, highlighting a variety of careers to younger students is key.

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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

eSchool News

They often attend under-funded schools and have less access to high-tech industries than their peers in urban schools. But now researchers won’t be able to follow up with kids to see if Take Flight altered their trajectory in high school. The Trump administration’s approach runs counter to that.

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful society." His best known work, Deschooling Society , published in 1971 is a no holds barred critique of institutionalized, compulsory schooling, arguing that the overall effect is to alienate most children from their own learning. Recesses were long and frequent.

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Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

Edsurge

But in Okanogan County, where 28 percent of children are living at or below the federal poverty level and 11 percent of elementary school children are unhoused, the need for affordable child care is dire. All this in addition to the families without access to child care who, as a result, are unable to participate in the workforce.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

eSchool News

In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes.

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Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

Edsurge

While more than half of high schools nationwide—53 percent, to be precise—offer computer science, disparities in access and participation reveal themselves among traditionally underrepresented groups. Girls, for instance, make up just one-third of high school computer science students nationally.

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New Online Platform from Vernier Boosts High School Students’ STEM Learning with Fun, Interactive Investigations and Projects

eSchool News

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration.