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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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Jennifer Wolochow majored in philosophy and religion at Stanford, hoping to become a high school teacher. “I These days, programming languages are accessible enough for pretty much anybody willing to do the work,” said Roger Kay, a longtime technology industry analyst. That was the case with Robert Dawson.

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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

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The census helps companies plan where to create jobs; local governments plan where to build roads, schools, and hospitals; and finally helps students and organizations that research the numbers bring awareness to issues and possible solutions. What I appreciate most is, we're not just talking about language at home.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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Rucker taught in the classroom for a couple of years, then joined the city of Baltimore as its Head Start coordinator, launching her career at the intersection of early childhood and local government. The local level is where the rubber meets the road. But the local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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How Transparent is School Data When Parents Can’t Find or Understand it?

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When Mosi Zuberi learned that his 18-year-old son, Kaja, might not graduate from McClymonds High School in Oakland, he anguished over his parenting missteps, wondering where he had gone wrong. After multiple suspensions, Kemp’s son dropped out of high school during his junior year.

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Can ‘Linguistic Fingerprinting’ Guard Against AI Cheating?

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The false positives seem to happen more frequently with students who don’t speak English as their first language. If you've ever taught middle school writing, which I have, or if you taught early high school writing, their writing does not change that much in eight months. Shouldn’t students’ writing change?

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