Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Fla. seeks to broaden access to STEM programs in schools

Wis. students participate in "Amazing Race"-style STEM competition | Math program in N.Y. incorporates physical activity | Year-round instruction designed to engage, focus at-risk students
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Wis. students participate in "Amazing Race"-style STEM competition
Middle-school students in Racine, Wis., this month competed in an "Amazing Race"-style competition to test their math and science skills at the Summer STEM Academy. Projects included calculating the speed of cars as they passed over a bridge and measuring the height of a local monument. The Journal Times (Racine, Wis.) (7/22)
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Math program in N.Y. incorporates physical activity
Students were instructed to jump and skip during math lessons at an event this week at Ithaca College in New York. "When you get kids up and [move], they learn at about five times the rate than if they're just sitting in a chair," said Suzy Koontz, director of the National Math Foundation. WBNG-TV (Johnson City, N.Y.) (7/22)
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Year-round instruction designed to engage, focus at-risk students
Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy in Louisiana is an alternative school that uses year-round instruction to engage and focus students who have struggled in conventional classrooms. Students work on a self-paced, individualized curriculum and receive one-on-one outreach, designed to address the dropout risk for many students. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (7/21)
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Paper recommends colleges incorporate common core in admissions
Colleges and universities need to incorporate Common Core State Standards assessments into their admissions processes to smooth the transition for incoming students, according to a recent report from the New America Foundation. "To address the many policy issues plaguing this transition, officials within and across states must engage to amend inconsistent policies, increase the usefulness of new assessment tools, and overhaul outdated practices," the paper reads. InsideHigherEd.com (7/22), The Hechinger Report (7/22)
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Fla. seeks to broaden access to STEM programs in schools
In the past, Florida's rural students have lacked the access to science, technology, engineering and math programs enjoyed by their urban counterparts. Now, however, the state is renewing its commitment to an initiative that has given students in 27 rural and small school districts access to STEM opportunities by working with researchers in labs and greenhouses, collecting evidence at staged crime scenes and shadowing professionals. District Administration magazine online (7/21)
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Wash. state must abide by school-choice law under NCLB
The federal government has rejected Washington state's request to be exempt from a requirement under No Child Left Behind that students at struggling schools be given the option to switch to a higher-performing school. In a letter to state officials, Assistant Education Secretary Deborah Delisle said it was important for parents to be notified that under the law, they have the right of school choice. The Oregonian (Portland)/The Associated Press (7/21)
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