Gen Z students want STEM careers
Many high school and college students chose STEM as their No. 1 preferred career path, according to a survey of 11,495 Gen Z students conducted by the National…
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Education’s Great Resignation
Is it another symptom of The Great Resignation facing many sectors in America? Is this an esoteric threat to public education?
New Physics E-Book Helps High School and College Students Explore Mechanics Concepts Using Video Analysis
BEAVERTON, Oregon — To support high school and college physics instruction, Vernier Science Education has released Vernier Video Analysis: Conservation ... Read more
3 ways gamification engages students
Gamification, defined as using game-like elements in non-game contexts, can help motivate online learners and solve this issue. In the context of education, gamification elements typically include digital…
High Prevalence of Mental Health Risk Amid COVID Pandemic Taking a Serious Toll on U.S. Students’ Cognition
Neuroscientific research conducted by Total Brain and the Center for Adolescent Research and Education shows students’ focus, planning, memory and ... Read more
Vernier Software & Technology Uses Food Experiments to Engage Students in Chemistry Exploration
Vernier Software & Technology recently launched a new lab book that uses food as a means to help high school ... Read more
Personalized, Peer-To-Peer Tutoring and Flexible Jobs for Students
Few groups were hit as hard by the pandemic as our nation’s youth. According to the National Center for Education ... Read more
How IT leaders can thrive in the post-COVID era
This school year is unlike any other. More than 90 percent of households with school-age children are engaged in some form of distance learning from home, while college…
Vernier Software & Technology Takes Science to the Next Level
To further support collaborative STEM learning, Vernier Software & Technology recently launched LabQuest 3. This standalone data-collection platform takes the ... Read more
Discovery Education Names SMASH CEO Eli Kennedy to Board of Directors
Discovery Education, the Charlotte, NC, based leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide, ... Read more
Codecademy Expands Online Coding Education
Codecademy, the online education platform empowering millions of people to learn code, announced two new initiatives for students and teachers, ... Read more
McGraw Hill Offers Learners Two-Month Free Trial of ALEKS MathReady to Help Combat ‘COVID Slide’
In an effort to help ensure that students are prepared for fall classes, McGraw Hill is offering new customers a ... Read more
Online STEM Summer Camps for High School and College Students
Numerade—an online education platform founded with a mission to provide equitable access to high-quality STEM instruction—today announced the launch of ... Read more
What education inspiration looks like on a global basis
The Imagine Cup competition, and competitions like it, are so inspiring. This year’s competition, though large and very well done, is only a small representation of the vast…
Blackboard Hackboard Hackathon
This contest challenges developers and college students in the United States to create a unique, user-friendly and impactful application that ... Read more
What are college students talking about on Facebook?
General confusion might be the key ingredient to an engaged crop of incoming freshmen on a college or university’s Facebook page.
College students sound off on social networking likes and dislikes
Google is talking to several top online game developers about creating a broader social networking site that would offer social games and could compete with Facebook—and in interviews…