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  • Building minds: How Detroit grows mobility talent

    February 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Michigan is becoming a leader in the field of autonomous vehicles. Fifteen colleges and universities across the state have joined in an academic consortium to ensure students entering the workforce will have the necessary skills to advance mobility technology. Competitions in vehicle development and robotics are equipping students to become leaders in the field.

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  • How one rural Alabama district is closing the gap, raising scores for all children

    January 24, 2018 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Closing the achievement gap requires raising the expectations not only of students, but also of leadership and institutions. In Pike County, Alabama, the school district has improved its learning outcomes by investing more in students and leadership, thanks to a crucial one-penny sales tax in favor of the schools. In addition to taking better care of teachers, the district monitors data at the student—not subgroup—level, and offers curricula with community college credits. The district has also launched an Advanced Academics and Accelerated Learning program.

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  • Changing Course: A School Cooperative Aims To Remake Coal Communities

    November 25, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Stanville, Kentucky

    In the rural, rugged country of Appalachia, towns like Stanville face some of the country’s most profound economic and public health problems. Some of these communities, however, are making remarkable strides against these challenges with the help of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, which makes schools a central pillar with entrepreneurial, innovative curricula, provision of health care resources, and hope and opportunity are restored in the post-coal era.

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  • How Baltimore Is Growing Its Tech Gurus From Scratch

    October 19, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Only 12 percent of the STEM workforce is Black or Hispanic. Starting with Baltimore, one nonprofit is looking to change that. In 2013, the Digital Harbor Foundation converted a rec center into a home for after school programs introducing students to graphic design, 3D printing, and beyond. Using a "maker education" model, instructors prepare middle schoolers for a changing workforce, offer in-house employment for teens, and improve and diversify the talent pipeline to the city's vacant tech jobs. The classes, which are pay-what-you-can, are expanding kids' communications skills and creative thinking mindset.

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  • Math, Science Professionals Say Goodbye to the Office Park, Hello to the Classroom

    May 30, 2017 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    EnCorps, a nonprofit that helps and trains mid-career STEM professionals to become teachers, has emerged as one promising solution to the shortage of K-12 math and science instructors nationwide. The California-based program has grown from an inaugural class of 70 to 190 in 2017.

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  • When New York Harbor Is Your Classroom

    May 25, 2017 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Harbor School is a public school that provides students with a comprehensive education in oceanic issues. Classes happen in a traditional classroom on Governor’s Island as well as on the harbor. Through this school, students living in an urban environment have a chance to connect to the environment and receive hands on training for maritime jobs.

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  • Who Needs Charters When You Have Public Schools Like These?

    April 01, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Despite a deplorably small budget and an ominous lack of support from the government, the Union Public Schools district of Tulsa, Ok is achieving the incredible. Though many of the students are minorities and hail from low-income families, Union boasts exceptional graduation rates and a remarkable STEM-focused curriculum. Their success stems from a comprehensive focus on each individual child within the classroom and beyond, creating a hub for the greater community that includes resources like child care for teen mothers and a student-run garden.

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  • Hartford, Conn., experiment shows challenges, rewards of diversity in schools

    March 28, 2017 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Starting in the late 80s, Hartford school officials implemented programs to reverse the de facto segregation present in the district. Chief among these programs was developing 42 magnet schools, many of which provided specialized education in topics popular with students and relevant to the workplace. Currently, around half of Hartford’s students attend integrated schools.

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  • Girls Knit Their Way to a Math Career

    March 08, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    A growing body of research suggests knitting and crocheting can be used to teach math. It could also be a way to bridge the gap between men and women in the STEM fields, and make the subject more approachable to young girls, who have higher levels of math anxiety. KnitLab project does that, and teaches middle school students, particularly girls, to knit and crochet in order to understand complicated math subjects. Already, more than 50 students have been taught.

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  • STEM: Teaching critical thinking for the new age

    March 05, 2017 |

    Arizona Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Flagstaff, Arizona

    Flagstaff STEM City partners schools with professionals and creates kits that teachers can use to bring science into the classroom, teaching students and parents how to think critically and search out information through the application of real world skills like the culinary arts, mechanics, and childcare.

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