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Problem-based learning helped boost my underserved students’ engagement

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With sports being canceled, I was searching for new avenues to engage my students when I came across the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest, a program encouraging problem-based learning.

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Why we should be teaching students economic literacy

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Between self-starting his own production company and serving as president of a local club, he knew basic business tenets were vital to success and he was interested in learning more about the subject. But like for so many young people across the country, Jerry’s high school in California’s Monterey Bay area did not offer economic classes.

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STEM learning offers unique rewards, despite challenges

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public schools and their communities enjoy from STEM programs were underscored in a new survey conducted among some of the nation’s leading middle and high school STEM educators. The positive impacts that U.S.

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Why educational robotics is a critical STEM learning tool

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Ultimately, through STEM learning, students should have the opportunity authentically apply their learning to solve real-world problems. Early STEM exposure–and successes or failures in STEM learning–can often make or break a child’s willingness to participate in STEM learning.

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Most parents know AI will be crucial to their children’s future

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public middle and high school students. Emphasizing problem-based learning (PBL), social impact entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability, it challenges them to explore the transformative potential of STEM in addressing significant issues within their local communities.

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

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The BrowardSTEM team leads and supports with experience, expertise and agility in core content standards, STEM implementation, instructional technology and interdisciplinary applied problem-based learning.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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After months of research and a successful pilot, the district chose enVision to be that core mathematics curriculum because of its rigor, digital learning components, and engaging lessons. enVision offers an innovative math curriculum that helps educators teach with confidence and inspires students with hands-on, problem-based learning.

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