eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2023

As a former molecular biologist turned college and 7-12 educator, I have taught laboratory science classes for the past 3 decades. I’ve seen a lot of changes in science education (especially digital content) over the last 30 years, but one challenge has remained the same: students have to learn laboratory skills.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

We have a plan and we’re ready to progress that plan,” said Calvin McNeil, an Advanced Placement computer science instructor with the University of Florida. But we want to do all that in a really careful way and make sure the AI we’re using is fair and unbiased. We want to make sure student data stays safe.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) named Sirish Subash, a 9 th grader at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

Over the past two years, the College Impact Laboratory at The Ohio State University has surveyed incoming Ph.D. programs that are interdisciplinary from the ground up, such as those sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. They sure do!

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Marc Pedersen Paulding County High School Students At Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia, science classes are messy and alive. Tables are covered with high-tech laboratory equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, autoclaves, and laboratory water baths. Then each topic gets intertwined with biotechnology. “I

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APRIL 19, 2020

A law major at the Macau University of Science and Technology, Jiang Dong said most of her courses have been live-streamed via Zoom. I’m still missing one credit for physical education class, and two for my science and technology requirements,” Jiang said. “We Obviously, the library and laboratories are not available as well.”

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APRIL 15, 2024

Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another. Science [standards] followed that idea. This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states.

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