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STEM Careers Coalition Offering Educators No-Cost Resources to Celebrate Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month

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NC — The STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – presents a curated collection of no-cost content celebrating the careers of Black leaders in STEM for use during Black History Month and beyond. Representation matters.

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5 critical 21st century skills that go way beyond the 4 Cs

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Since the publication of his highly impactful book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century , Thomas Friedman has been teaching his readers and listeners to think differently about our world and how we interact with each other. Teach students to think like entrepreneurs with these skill sets.

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Discovery Education, Caterpillar Foundation, and Learning Undefeated Launch New Initiative to Inspire Next Generation of STEM Professionals

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Innovation at Play sources STEM creativity and stories from industry experts at Learning Undefeated who have an extensive history of innovation, insights, and leadership. Best known for its fleet of traveling STEM laboratories, Learning Undefeated’s flagship STEM education program has prepared more than 1.5

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Fact or Fallacy: Why Esports Are Here to Stay in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

Another fact: The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory organized the first official esports video game tournament in 1972, which brought players together to battle in a sci-fi rocket combat game called Spacewar. If the history of esports doesn’t indicate its staying power, the modern-day explosion of esports should.

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Graduate Students Want to Solve ‘Wicked Problems.’ Are Universities Delivering?

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Over the past two years, the College Impact Laboratory at The Ohio State University has surveyed incoming Ph.D. When they do, we need to have trained experts who are capable of seeing multiple sides of the problem and who can communicate solutions effectively across histories, cultures, identities, and—crucially—disciplines.

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Should Schools Teach the Scientific Method? New Book Says Maybe Not

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We sat down with Rudolph to talk about the fascinating history of teaching the subject in the U.S., EdSurge: Tell us a little bit about your book, which focuses quite a bit on the history of science. They said, students should work in laboratories and do science to learn science. That was the beginning of the laboratory method.

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.