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

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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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ISTE+ASCD Reveals 2025 Honorees for Innovation and Excellence in Education

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Serving more than 5,500 students across 19 schools, Stokes County Schools is committed to delivering a 21st-century education in a safe and supportive environment. The Sierra Sands Unified School District educates over 5,200 students in 11 schools.

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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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ISTE+ASCD Reveals 2025 Honorees for Innovation and Excellence in Education

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Serving more than 5,500 students across 19 schools, Stokes County Schools is committed to delivering a 21st-century education in a safe and supportive environment. The Sierra Sands Unified School District educates over 5,200 students in 11 schools.

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

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It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” But then she saw kids enjoying the lessons and getting a STEM confidence boost. Sixteen states sued to stop Trump’s NSF cuts, which represent a significant hit for STEM education research.

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

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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. Calls to eliminate it stem from two different interpretations of the American Dream, she says.

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Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators

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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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