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In Rhode Island, a partnership brings STEM lessons to life

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The pilot program, in which four GSO students worked with approximately 200 students from the Providence Public School District middle school, was developed by the Rhode Island Department of Education and funded by a $10,000 STEMx Challenge Grant.

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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out

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Since 1950, the National Science Foundation has committed federal funding to researchers who could demonstrate that their work was fundamental to scientific progress and make education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) more broadly available.

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8 under-the-radar digital learning resources

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With written and live discussion formats, students can express their ideas while teachers track participation, collaboration, and the quality of responses. With content tailored for advanced middle schoolers and high school students, it’s ideal for enrichment, gifted learners, or students seeking challenge and depth in STEM topics.

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Middle and high school students need education, career guidance

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“Starting in middle school, our young people need early access to opportunities that empowers them to explore careers that match their interests and strengths; hands-on, skills-based experiences in high school; and information and resources to navigate their path to postsecondary education and career.

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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

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Through competitive gaming, students strengthen digital literacy, teamwork and social-emotional skills , while also creating pathways to explore STEM learning and career readiness. Building Real-World Learning Through Games Florida schools face frequent hurricane threats, making resilient building design a critical local issue.

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Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency

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Research increasingly shows that creativity fuels deeper learning, especially in STEM education. Developed by Urban Arts in collaboration with Minecraft Education , the program offers middle school teachers professional development, ongoing coaching and a 72-session curriculum built around game-based instruction.

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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

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National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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