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Girls teach girls in tech-intensive Ore. camp

N.C. students create solar-powered crafts | Ideas on which tools to include in a maker classroom | How music can help students learn math
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July 25, 2014
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N.C. students create solar-powered crafts
Middle-school students in North Carolina recently used tongue depressors, foam, plastic eggs and glue guns to build solar-powered cars and boats. The summer program, held at Craven Community College, aims to introduce students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Havelock News (N.C.) (7/24)
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Ideas on which tools to include in a maker classroom
Tools such as Lego robots, easily programmable motherboards and 3D printers are among those being used to create classroom maker spaces, educator and information-technology integrator Vicki Davis writes in this blog post. She offers a roundup of 11 tools and ideas -- including the return of home economics and wood shop -- to integrate a variety of skills into maker spaces. Edutopia.org/Maker Education blog (7/21)
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Curriculum
Multiple subjects, skills merge into projects in Pa. high school
A group of Pennsylvania educators turned a student project on hybrid cars into a project-based high school set to expand in the coming years. Students at The Workshop School take two 90-minute blocks in which they learn multiple skills and subjects while working on projects in the mornings and attend traditional math and English classes in the afternoon. National Public Radio (7/22)
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Okla. board delays plan to replace Common Core State Standards
The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Wednesday to delay adopting a formal plan to replace Common Core State Standards repealed last month by state lawmakers, saying they needed additional time to get information before setting a framework for new English and math standards. The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (7/23)
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Girls teach girls in tech-intensive Ore. camp
Middle- and high-school girls in Hillsboro, Ore., learned from other high-school girls in a recent summer session in science, technology, engineering and math called Girls Get IT. "I think that's better than guys teaching girls," student Olivia Terry-Gray said. "It's less intimidating. It's not as complicated as other people would try to make it sound." The Oregonian (Portland) (7/22)
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Policy & Legislation
Calif. district is not required to release teacher data
A California appellate court panel ruled Wednesday that the public cannot have access to records that reveal teachers' performance rankings and their names. In siding with the Los Angeles school district's assertions that the release of the names would be harmful to teachers, schools and districts, the three-judge panel ruled against claims that the data served the public interest. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (7/23)
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