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5 Strategies for Aligning PBL to Real-World Problem-Solving
The closer project-based learning comes to the messy, complicated problems of our world today, the more students benefit.
3 Strategies to Boost Civics Education
Teachers across the curriculum can promote civil discourse and share digital tools that help high school students develop the skills needs for citizenship.
Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields
With science and technology jobs expected to grow twice as fast as other occupations over the next decade amid rapidly shifting demographics, creating a robust and diverse pipeline into STEM fields is essential to ensuring U.S. competitiveness and working toward racial equity. But neither will happen unless we address the fundamental gatekeeper to all STEM fields: undergraduate calculus, writes Melodie Baker, National Policy Director for Just Equations.
How High Schools Can Maintain Career Tech Classes Despite Teacher Shortages
Learn4Life’s Integrated Career Technical Education (CTE) classes expand job training opportunities.
Does Math Limit College Access?
Some four-year colleges place too much emphasis on mathematics in admissions, specifically whether students have done well in calculus, limiting access as a result, said a report by Just Equations and the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
New threat to COVID-era education: Black and Latino teachers are leaving the profession
A national survey published by the National Education Assn. on Feb. 1 found that 55% of teachers planned to exit earlier than anticipated, up from 37% in August 2021. The numbers were highest among Black (62%) and Latino (59%) educators.
A New Calculus for College Admissions: How Policy, Practice, and Perceptions of High School Math Education Limit Equitable Access to College
Through a national survey and a series of interviews, A New Calculus for College Admissions: How Policy, Practice, and Perceptions of High School Math Education Limit Equitable Access to College examines four-year college and university admission policies on high school math course-taking, the often unwritten practices that determine how those policies operate, and the perceptions that influence evaluations of students’ high school records.
California offers graduation honor to encourage active civic engagement
The State Seal of Civic Engagement recognizes not only that students understand the democratic process but also apply their knowledge to address issues or problems they care deeply about in school or the community.
High school principals are super-stressed. Here are 3 solutions.
Principals of color, female principals and principals serving high-poverty schools were especially likely to suffer.