Kids Prefer Math and Science Subjects While Parents Value Reading and Writing

The Journal - Sri Ravipati "A majority of parents will [...]

April 19th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, School, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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How One STEM Education Startup Is Changing Career Paths For Millennial Women

Forbes - Andrea Loubier "Dr. Anna Powers is redefining the [...]

April 18th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Scientist, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New science standards raise hopes for narrowing achievement gap

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "As California rolls out new [...]

April 14th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Under challenge: Girls’ confidence level, not math ability hinders path to science degrees

Science Daily - Staff Writer "When it comes to mathematics, [...]

April 8th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Girls, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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One Reason Young People Don’t Go Into Science? We Don’t Fail Well

The Scientific American - Sara Whitlock "My story has a [...]

April 2nd, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Failure, Grit, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Surprising Explanation For Why Some Immigrants Excel In Science

NPR - Anya Kamenetz "Seventeen-year-old Indrani Das just won the [...]

March 30th, 2017|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Science classes won’t future-proof our children. But dance might

The Guardian - Christina Patterson "There has been a big [...]

March 30th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Arts, Arts Integration, Career, Career & Technical Training, Career Pathways, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guidelines designed to help districts implement new science standards

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "Thorough, comprehensive teacher training and [...]

March 30th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A New Kind Of March Madness Hits Schools

NPR - Kat Lansdorf "March Mammal Madness was created five [...]

March 29th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Biology, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, Science, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Some schools trading the blacktop for greentop as an innovative way to teach science

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "Some students in California don’t [...]

March 27th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Gardens, Learning, News, School, School gardens, Science, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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