Studying The Science Behind Child Prodigies

NPR - Staff Writer "It's not clear whether a prodigy's [...]

October 5th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education

The New York Times - GINA KOLATA "What works in [...]

September 3rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School District, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Decline of the Biology Nerds?

The Huffington Post - Nessa Carey "Nature Deficit Disorder is [...]

August 24th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report: Science Standards Fall Short in Aligning to Math Common Core

Education Week - Erik Robelen "A Washington think tank concludes [...]

August 20th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Zombie Apocalypse Lessons Teach Biology, Math, Epidemiology

Education News - Muhammad Nadeem "Texas Instruments (TI) and The [...]

August 19th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Helping students learn the language of science

NSTA Blog - Mary Bigelow "Science students at all grade [...]

August 11th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why Aren’t More Girls Attracted To Physics?

NPR - Shankar Vedantam "You don't need to be a [...]

August 10th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Education, Gender, Girls, Learning, News, Physics, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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State seeks new science education standards

SJ-R.com - Lauren Leone-Cross "A new set of science education [...]

July 28th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Chicago, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Illinois, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Planting seeds of science at school

The Seattle Times - Jerry Large "Science is outside the [...]

July 27th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chemistry Cook-Off: Appreciate the Science Behind the Food

The Huffington Post - Tracy Schloemer "AI designed the course [...]

July 27th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Chemistry, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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