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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces.

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Want to Humanize Classrooms? Take a Page From Youth Organizers.

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In my experience, this profoundly impacts how students show up in the classroom. How can teachers learn from the practices and principles of youth organizing to create more humanizing, engaging and empowering classrooms? Here are two examples that illustrate the possibilities youth organizing can offer for classroom teachers.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

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Now that the firestorm has passed, some say the initial judgments were too harsh: The percentage of students enrolled in math classes in San Francisco beyond Algebra II increased from 2018 to 2021, according to data recently highlighted by detracking advocate Kentaro Iwasaki, founder of Concentric Math.

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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

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Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms. In 2018, Ohio adopted one such policy. There are some examples of this model in practice now.

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10 Young People Who Changed the World to Add to Your Class Curriculum

Waterford

In addition to informing students about your local chapter , share this speech Isra gave at TedxWakeForestU on climate advocacy, racial justice, and intersectionality. This organization has chapters all over the country to help youth get involved in the fight against climate change. Sophie Cruz. like her parents. Jazz Jennings.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

Edsurge

As the math educator in residence at Just Equations, a nonprofit focused on the intersection of math and equity, I research math education and I think a lot about my years in the classroom. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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GoGuardian and Pear Deck Merge to Expand K-12 Classroom Management Offerings

eSchool News

Pear Deck is used in more than 17,000 schools and by 8 million educators and students around the world to improve equity, academic achievement, and classroom culture. GoGuardian partners with over 10,000 schools to engage with and protect over 10 million students across the United States. www.goguardian.com. About Pear Deck.

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