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Why the nation needs more female engineers

May 3, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

“Are you sure you want to be a software engineer? You are such a people person. Won’t you be stuck working alone, staring at a computer for hours…

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Students win $115,000 by doing the math on high-speed rail

May 1, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Many high school students do math problems about trains. Fewer win $115,000 in college scholarships by calculating the possible future of U.S. high-speed rail, LiveScience reports.

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Students create their own 3D content

November 5, 2013April 26, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Some tech-savvy school districts are helping students take knowledge and creativity into their own hands by giving them the chance to create their own 3D content.

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Students want personalized learning, mobile technology

November 26, 2013April 26, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

More and more students own mobile devices, including tablets, and indicate a strong desire to use those personal learning tools in school to increase collaboration and access to…

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MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative

April 25, 2012 by ESchool News Staff

MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to K-12 students, the university reports.

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Growing roots for more STEM

April 23, 2012 by Laura Ascione

Local technology companies, concerned by a growing pool of jobs and an inadequate number of qualified employees, have increasingly focused on initiatives to improve what they call STEM…

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YouTube videos make math ‘cool’ with doodle art

April 19, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

If you want to make a career from doodling you'd better be ready to take on Vi Hart, the Stony Brook University music graduate and self-titled recreational mathematician…

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Why do women steer clear of engineering?

April 16, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Whenever I read about a dearth of women in engineering, I am struck by the fact that many young women continue to resist the opportunities awaiting them in…

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America’s struggle to make math fun

April 12, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's science that has all the kid-friendly sizzle: Robots and roller coasters, foaming chemical reactions,…

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Astronaut underwear wins students a cool $5,000

April 12, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

An old NASA idea for keeping astronauts cool could finally become reality. U.S. high school students recently won $5,000 to make spacesuit undergarments using materials that can absorb…

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Tennessee bill on teaching evolution, climate change to become law

April 11, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Tennessee's Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other…

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Students’ device taps swimming pool for power

November 5, 2013March 28, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Most American teens may see a pool as a chance for a swim or lazy summer relaxation, but one group of California high school students envisions swimming pools…

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Watch: High school students build ‘Battlestar Galactica’ flight simulator

March 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Possibly the most awesomely geeky thing in history: a Battlestar Galactica Viper flight simulator, constructed in the garage by a bunch of Bay Area high school kids, funded…

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Watch: 16-year-old creates working graphing calculator in video game

March 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

You may not think much of your everyday calculator, but the functions it performs in a fraction of a second are truly astounding, reports Tecca.

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Students’ experiments to play out in space

March 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Science experiments devised by teenage students, one from Egypt and two from the United States, will be conducted in space as part of a move by YouTube and…

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Virtual school students meet for real-world science fair

March 19, 2012 by From wire service reports

This article is no longer available.

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Alan Alda, Stony Brook University’s Center for Communicating Science aim to satisfy kids’ curiosity

March 5, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

As an 11-year-old, future actor Alan Alda asked his teacher a burning question: "What is a flame?" He found the response he received — "It's oxidation" — unsatisfying,…

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Opinion: Why STEM is not enough (and we still need the humanities)

March 5, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Countering the recent trend among educational reformers who insist that America needs to concentrate on practical subjects or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), actor John Lithgow recently…

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Educators sound off on 3D in the classroom

November 5, 2013February 24, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

As educators grapple with school reform, many agree that schools must update their practices and technology to better engage students and prepare them for 21st-century careers. Some educators…

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Schools: Fresh scandal embroils US climate science debate

February 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how climate science is…

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Teens learn robotics as factories lack skilled workers

November 5, 2013February 10, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

At the Escuela Vieau School in downtown Milwaukee, seventh-grader Camila Garcia was building a model wind turbine in a class intended to spark interest in engineering, Reuters reports.

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Detroit Public Schools students show STEM skills at White House Science Fair

February 9, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

President Barack Obama had the privilege to meet with several young scientists from Detroit Public Schools Tuesday at the second annual White House Science Fair, the Huffington Post…

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Clark County schools see improvement with help from math software

November 5, 2013February 9, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

This article is no longer available.

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The best and worst states for science education

February 8, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

"Don't know much about science" may be a good description of many students in U.S. public schools, at least if you're swayed by a new report issued by…

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Watch: Ten-year-old fifth grader makes shocking STEM discovery

February 7, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Now that Clara Lazen of Kansas City, Mo. has been published in a major chemistry journal, she can set her sights on a new goal: graduating elementary school,…

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Competition promotes digital gaming in the classroom

February 2, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Focusing on an hourlong lecture about American history or algebra can seem daunting to high school students, who are used to splitting their attention between texting, Tweeting, and…

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Pentagon Robot Program: Government to help Bay Area students build tech gadgets

January 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

With an eye toward revolutionizing how defense systems and vehicles are made, the Pentagon has tapped a team of Bay Area-based scientists, engineers and hackers to create a…

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Inquiry-based approach to science a hit with students

November 6, 2013January 27, 2012 by From wire service reports

John Scali’s class at Concord High School in Wilmington, Del., doesn’t look like your typical honors chemistry class.

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Youth unlikely to pursue science, technology, engineering jobs, survey finds

January 26, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Though President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address stressed the need for a competitive workforce, especially in more technical fields such as energy, young Americans see massive…

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Wolfram Alpha launches free portal with tools for math instruction

January 24, 2012January 21, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of U.S. students’ math achievement, and now math teachers have a new resource, aligned with the Common Core standards and available free…

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Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms

January 19, 2012 by From wire service reports

This article is no longer available.

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Bulking up STEM comes with a price tag, educators say

January 17, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

It's the jumper cables to America's dead battery, they say, the lighter fluid to a cooling economy, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

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Dallas ISD to expand computer-based math program

January 10, 2012 by From wire reports

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Nanotech creating big buzz among high school students

December 21, 2011 by From wire service reports

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Student innovators hack Kinect & Cancer to win $100,000 prizes

December 6, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Science fair projects have become much cooler since the days of growing lima beans under different-colored light filters, LiveScience reports.

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States can compete for $200 million in federal funds with STEM education focus

November 18, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Beginning this week, nine states that were the runner-up finalists from last year's Race to the Top competition can apply for a portion of the $200 million Race…

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‘Weightless’ U.S. teachers eye giant science leap

November 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

"Excited," "nervous," "terrified"--just three emotions described by a group of US teachers about to take a dizzying "weightless" flight all for the cause of science, naturally, the AFP…

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Digital badges could help measure 21st-century skills

October 11, 2011October 11, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor

How can schools accurately measure and categorize a student’s 21st-century skills? The MacArthur Foundation hopes to solve this problem with a new competition that calls on participants to…

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Twenty states involved in changing science instruction

September 22, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

This article is no longer available.

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Study: Minorities underrepresented in STEM jobs

September 12, 2011 by ESchool News Staff

Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks have over the past decade been underrepresented in U.S. jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in large part because…

“Are you sure you want to be a software engineer? You are such a people person. Won’t you be stuck working alone, staring at a computer for hours…

Many high school students do math problems about trains. Fewer win $115,000 in college scholarships by calculating the possible future of U.S. high-speed rail, LiveScience reports.

Some tech-savvy school districts are helping students take knowledge and creativity into their own hands by giving them the chance to create their own 3D content.

More and more students own mobile devices, including tablets, and indicate a strong desire to use those personal learning tools in school to increase collaboration and access to…

MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to K-12 students, the university reports.

Local technology companies, concerned by a growing pool of jobs and an inadequate number of qualified employees, have increasingly focused on initiatives to improve what they call STEM…

If you want to make a career from doodling you'd better be ready to take on Vi Hart, the Stony Brook University music graduate and self-titled recreational mathematician…

Whenever I read about a dearth of women in engineering, I am struck by the fact that many young women continue to resist the opportunities awaiting them in…

Pity poor math. In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's science that has all the kid-friendly sizzle: Robots and roller coasters, foaming chemical reactions,…

An old NASA idea for keeping astronauts cool could finally become reality. U.S. high school students recently won $5,000 to make spacesuit undergarments using materials that can absorb…

Tennessee's Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other…

Most American teens may see a pool as a chance for a swim or lazy summer relaxation, but one group of California high school students envisions swimming pools…

Possibly the most awesomely geeky thing in history: a Battlestar Galactica Viper flight simulator, constructed in the garage by a bunch of Bay Area high school kids, funded…

You may not think much of your everyday calculator, but the functions it performs in a fraction of a second are truly astounding, reports Tecca.

Science experiments devised by teenage students, one from Egypt and two from the United States, will be conducted in space as part of a move by YouTube and…

This article is no longer available.

As an 11-year-old, future actor Alan Alda asked his teacher a burning question: "What is a flame?" He found the response he received — "It's oxidation" — unsatisfying,…

Countering the recent trend among educational reformers who insist that America needs to concentrate on practical subjects or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), actor John Lithgow recently…

As educators grapple with school reform, many agree that schools must update their practices and technology to better engage students and prepare them for 21st-century careers. Some educators…

A fresh scandal over climate change has erupted in the United States after leaked documents appeared to show a right-wing funded campaign to influence how climate science is…

At the Escuela Vieau School in downtown Milwaukee, seventh-grader Camila Garcia was building a model wind turbine in a class intended to spark interest in engineering, Reuters reports.

President Barack Obama had the privilege to meet with several young scientists from Detroit Public Schools Tuesday at the second annual White House Science Fair, the Huffington Post…

This article is no longer available.

"Don't know much about science" may be a good description of many students in U.S. public schools, at least if you're swayed by a new report issued by…

Now that Clara Lazen of Kansas City, Mo. has been published in a major chemistry journal, she can set her sights on a new goal: graduating elementary school,…

Focusing on an hourlong lecture about American history or algebra can seem daunting to high school students, who are used to splitting their attention between texting, Tweeting, and…

With an eye toward revolutionizing how defense systems and vehicles are made, the Pentagon has tapped a team of Bay Area-based scientists, engineers and hackers to create a…

John Scali’s class at Concord High School in Wilmington, Del., doesn’t look like your typical honors chemistry class.

Though President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address stressed the need for a competitive workforce, especially in more technical fields such as energy, young Americans see massive…

Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of U.S. students’ math achievement, and now math teachers have a new resource, aligned with the Common Core standards and available free…

This article is no longer available.

It's the jumper cables to America's dead battery, they say, the lighter fluid to a cooling economy, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

This article is no longer available.

This article is no longer available.

Science fair projects have become much cooler since the days of growing lima beans under different-colored light filters, LiveScience reports.

Beginning this week, nine states that were the runner-up finalists from last year's Race to the Top competition can apply for a portion of the $200 million Race…

"Excited," "nervous," "terrified"--just three emotions described by a group of US teachers about to take a dizzying "weightless" flight all for the cause of science, naturally, the AFP…

How can schools accurately measure and categorize a student’s 21st-century skills? The MacArthur Foundation hopes to solve this problem with a new competition that calls on participants to…

This article is no longer available.

Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks have over the past decade been underrepresented in U.S. jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in large part because…

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