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Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South

The Hechinger Report

He created hundreds of desirable jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for black Alabamians. Foster’s legacy of leveraging black talent in the STEM fields cannot be overstated. Total STEM or business degrees. Percent STEM or business degrees. Institution. Total degrees. Alabama A & M University.

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Girls Who Code Goes to Capitol Hill: Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?

Edsurge

It’s a trend the nonprofit examines in a new report , “The State of Girls in K-12 Computer Science Classrooms,” that was released in conjunction with Wednesday’s gathering. A critical part of getting to gender parity in STEM fields, Saujani said, is having schools track and report the demographic data of their computer science classes.

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The market for drone pilots is expected to grow by 51.1 percent over the next four years.

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Why is the Electronic Book Reader a Must-Have in 2024?

Kitaboo on EdTech

billion users, marking a new record by 2027. This compact and elegant portable gadget possesses the ability to house an extensive collection of books, magazines, newspapers, and documents despite its lightweight design. The worldwide user base within the ‘eBooks’ sector of the digital media industry is projected to hit 1.1

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

Edsurge

Where are the trends headed now? We’re on track to achieve gender parity in entry-level computer science jobs by 2027. It was clear to me that I wanted to focus on girls and on technology—because I felt like that's where the jobs and opportunities are. Today they're less than 25 percent. And we have that.

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Remote learning hurt high school grad rates–ditching exit exams helped

eSchool News

More time in remote learning lowered grad rates Graduation rate trends varied a lot across the U.S. And while the policies that affected high school graduation rates stemmed from the emergency response to the pandemic, Balfanz says there are still lessons that can be learned from how they played out. and within the same state.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best. “Everyone should learn to code.”