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Inside the unique STEM school for students with learning difficulties

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A new STEM academy for those with learning difficulties focuses on hard and soft skills. Despite high unemployment and underemployment for autistic adults, for example, more than a third of students with an autism spectrum disorder end up picking STEM majors, which often require a mix of hard and soft skills.

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Think Through Math adds geometry to interactive math system

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Think Through Learning, creators of Think Through Math (TTM), an instructional system for grades 3 and above, announced plans to expand its high school software line to include geometry. New offering will combine live tutoring and adaptive math instruction. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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In the marketplace: Online makerspaces and innovative college prep

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Stand Up To Cancer and PBS LearningMedia announced the opening of applications for the second year of The Emperor Science Award program, an initiative designed to encourage high school students to explore careers in science, specifically cancer research and care, through a unique mentoring opportunity.

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The Gates Foundation Is Awarding Millions to Solve America’s Algebra Problem. Will It Add Up?

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Research suggests that taking algebra courses in high school is one of several important indicators for students’ college readiness and success. Passing Algebra I is also a requirement for high school graduation. As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school.

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?An Augmented Reality Library Comes to Life for Aspiring Teachers at UT San Antonio

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The books are now part of COEHD’s “edtech library,” a collection of tools that future teachers can use during their in-classroom training, including STEM kits, clickers, Google Glass and Apple TVs. Colemere says this could be useful for some students with learning disabilities. “It

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What Students With Learning Differences Really Want Us to Know

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I went to a small high school there in the city, and yeah, that's a little bit about me. There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

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Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A.

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