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Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

eSchool News

Heather Schwartz, a RAND researcher and the primary investigator of the study, noted that the middle and high school years are when students end up on advanced or regular math tracks. A majority of those students identified that way as early as elementary school.

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From curiosity to clarity: Showcasing career paths to young learners

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While their ambition is inspiring, it raises important questions for educators, such as: What are alternative careers in a students field of interest? In elementary school, highlighting a variety of careers to younger students is key. Is this career path truly the right fit for the student?

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. In middle and high school courses, its really difficult to connect math to the real world, says Lindsey Henderson, policy director of math for the nonprofit ExcelinEd. When would I ever use this?

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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

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Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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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. French told researchers the decision was final and they could not appeal.

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

But most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich counties, has come their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives.” Sadly, most of what we do in standard school is offer answers to questions that no child has ever asked.

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We are All Self-Educated

Teacher Toms Blog

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. My point is that here I sit, a man who holds a high school diploma and university degree, the definition of an educated man, but most of the learning I actually use in my day-to-day life came from life itself, not any sort of curriculum.