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Do Gender-Based Toys Keep Girls Out of STEM?

December 4, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Some Michigan lawmakers believe that gender-based fast food toys stifle girls’ imagination and prevent them from taking an interest in STEM.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Michigan, STEM, workforce development

Leave Kids to “Discover” Mathematical Strategies?

May 3, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: I’m trying to picture my 7th-Grade math teacher, Mr. Looft, supporting me as I created my “own mathematical understanding.” If I were left to “discover” the strategies I needed to solve problems I would have failed, miserably.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Cognitively-Guided Instruction, education fads, math instruction, STEM

Trump’s FY19 Education Budget Proposes an $8.1 Billion Cut

February 13, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

President Donald Trump released his proposed FY19 budget this week and it proposes cutting $8.1 billion from the U.S. Department of Education’s discretionary spending compared to what the department received from the annualized FY18  continuing resolutions.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, federal education spending, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Opportunity Grants, School Climate Transformation grants, STEM, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants, Title I Funding, U.S. Department of Education

Computer Science Makes The Case For Less Computer Use in Schools

September 28, 2017 By Anne Gassel

Anne Gassel: What we are teaching, or not teaching, today will take almost 20 years to show up in the workforce. There is some urgency to get it right.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: cognitive science, computer science, STEM

Back to School Lingo Cheat Sheet

September 6, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

From STEM, STEAM, and STREAM to community schools, social-emotional learning and mindfulness parents need to understand education speak used in schools.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: community schools, education fads, education reform, mindfulness, Social-Emotional Learning, STEAM, STEM, STREAM

Rocket Science for Babies?

July 6, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

This may be taking STEM a tad too far. NPR introduced an author who writes books about rocket science and physics to very young children.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: early childhood, Reading, Rocket Science, STEM

Long Live the Liberal Arts!

October 20, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Even before the development of Common Core we have seen a shift in education towards workforce development model at the expense of liberal arts.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Common Core, David Whalen, liberal arts education, STEM, workforce development

Introducing STEM in Preschool

August 11, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Curriculum is being developed that will introduce the problem-solving process that is basic to science, technology, engineering and math fields in preschool.

Filed Under: Next Generation Science Standards Tagged With: Education Dive, Next Generation Science Standards, school to work pipeline, STEM, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, workforce development

Math Education in Jeopardy

May 13, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Jay Matthews at The Washington Post wrote another piece about the crisis in our nation’s math instruction under Common Core.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Carolyn Simpson, Common Core Math, Elynn Simons, Jay Matthews, John Fourkas, STEM

What Has Caused California’s Teacher Shortage?

January 20, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

While it is unlikely that Common Core caused California’s teacher shortage, it is likely that it will exasperate the problem down the road.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: California, Common Core, STEM, teacher shortage

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