Tag: stem learning.
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Learning By Design: How the 21st Century School Building project can create better learning, collaboration and schools.
Building More Than Buildings: How the 21st Century Building Project can improve our learning, collaboration, and the schools we build. When Andre Alonso announced the funding of the 21st Century School Building project in Baltimore City, he restated a quote from Winston Churchill: “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” It is a…
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Amazing STEM Laboratory!
Last night my 10 year old son ran a DNA test to identify a jewel thief, investigated enzymes in milk, and identified sickle cell anemia using electrophoresis. Students from all over Maryland are able to do these and other experiments thanks to the Towson University’s Center for STEM Excellence. The Center loans out kits to…
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The Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County
Stephen Ritz introduces himself as the “Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County”. It’s a place that needs optimism. The Bronx is a tough neighborhood with high unemployment and the rumble of food insecurity. The New York City Coalition Against Hunger reported in December, 2013 that nearly 49 percent of Bronx children lived in a household…
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Solving for whY: Finding the Right Angle to Teach Math with Meaning
Solving for WHY: Finding the Right Angle to Teach Math with Meaning. Poor Y. Every year, millions of students try to solve Y’s intractable problems. They furrow their brows and scratch out long formulas smudged with erasures, red ink and tears. But despite all the best efforts of the students, Y returns each year with…