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Why We Must Embrace STEM Education
It’s the time of year when parents are filled with pride as well as great relief that their sons and daughters have achieved a major milestone: graduation. When Junior, attired in cap and gown, walks...
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Talking Points: Poll Says Retire ‘Negro’
Did you check 'Negro' for race? Pondering the Negro Question In a BlackEnterprise.com poll on whether the 2010 Census form should have used the word “Negro” to identify African Americans, the majority...
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Adding Diversity Into the Equation
Quinn Gray deals with the stigma attached to affirmative action Less than a year after Teri Quinn Gray began working as a research manager for DuPont, the Wilmington, Delaware, chemicals manufacturer,...
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The 5 Sexiest Jobs in Science
Careers in science can be exciting, fulfilling, and lucrative. Scientists are often portrayed as geeks, nerds and dorks. Adding to that depiction, the work they do can seem so far removed from everyday...
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How To Raise a Scientist
Jason ColemanJason Coleman has been an engineer since childhood, he just didn't know it. As a kid growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Jason Coleman loved to tinker with electronics, take apart...
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President Obama Announces Over $240 Million Pledge for STEM Education
Image: Twitter President Obama hosted the 2015 White House Science Fair today to celebrate the student winners of STEM competitions from around the country. In addition to Senior Advisor Valarie...
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FIRST Robotics Sparks Passion for Science and Technology
RoboTigers from Queens Vocational and Technical High School They won in March in New York, but will they win in April in Missouri? That’s the question the winning FIRST Robotics teams are asking...
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Can a Video Game Teach Your Preschooler to Solve for X?
(Image: masterfile.com) The following is an edited excerpt from Greg Toppo’s new book, The Game Believes in You (Palgrave MacMillan) that posted at the Hechinger Report. Toppo, a former teacher, is the...
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Common Core: Bringing Calm to Classroom Chaos
(Image: File) This post was written by Jemelleh Coes, the Georgia Teacher of the Year 2014, and was originally published at Educators for High Standards. It is edited and reprinted here with...
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Common Core Can Help Your Child Learn Math
(Image: File) This post was written by Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, co-founder of www.youcubed.org, and author of What’s Math Got To Do With It: How Teachers...
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Math Games and Puzzles: A Fun Pathway to Strong Math Skills
(Image: File) Math has long been a bane to American students. One way to counteract the difficulty is to discover the subject’s playful side. In this excerpt, a math professor reflects on recreational...
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Math has long been a bane to American students. One way to counteract the difficulty is to discover the subject’s playful side. Manil Suri, a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland who is...
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Move Over, Bedtime Story – Make Room for Bedtime Math
Ahh, it’s officially summer. Soon school will be out—and a lot of kids will be losing up to three months of learning. Summer is traditionally a time of summer reading lists—but have you ever heard of a...
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National Science Foundation’s REU Program Seeks Diverse Candidates
Have you heard of REU? Until recently I hadn’t. Research Experiences for Undergraduates is an extraordinary program of the National Science Foundation that provides research opportunities for students...
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[Watch] Teacher Uses Hip-Hop to Empower Kids in Math and Life
Terrance Sims is a sixth-grade teacher at Milwaukee Excellence. He created a hip-hop video featuring his students to get them, “pumped about being in my classroom.” The video is going viral. (Image:...
View ArticleDetroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym Students See Their Math Skills Soar
Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym, founded by Khali Sweeney, is crushing it, as the young people say. The gym is serious when it says its motto is Books Before Boxing—and the math scores of the students at...
View ArticleBlack Girl MathGic Founder Receives $25,000 Grant to Close the Math...
American Express, in partnership with IFundWomen of Color, surprised 100 Black women entrepreneurs with grants of $25,000 and 100 days of resources as part of the “100 for 100” program. Brittany...
View ArticleLooking To Brush Up On Finance Math? These $35 Courses Can Help
Did you know that the overall employment outlook for mathematicians is projected to grow 33 percent over the next nine years? Compared to other fields, that’s shooting way past the average. Plus, with...
View ArticleGet 4TH Of July Savings On This 24/7 Math Tutor Service
Fewer things in life are more polarizing than math. There is such a thing as math phobia, and you’d be surprised to learn just how many people count themselves among the many who suffer from it. But...
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