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OPINION: This is no time to ban DEI initiatives in education; we need DEI more than ever

The Hechinger Report

Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. The lack of instruction in these fields in K-12 education can help explain why there are such strong attacks on DEI. But a different tactic is typical in DEI classes.

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PROOF POINTS: Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

The Hechinger Report

In a survey, humanities, arts and social science professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. Majors that require calculus were excluded. Statistics is what you need,” said Martin.

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Service-Learning Can Be the Bridge to Social Emotional Learning. Educators Should Embrace It.

ED Surge

Integrated Actions Civics Project: developed between The UC Berkeley History Social Science Project and the Santa Clara and San Mateo county offices of education, this project offers tested strategies to support the integration of civic engagement into classrooms.

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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” High school data science classes, which teach how to use statistical methods and programming to query and analyze real-world data, are a budding development.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

The bill , which won bipartisan support from the state’s senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy. Phil Murphy’s desk for a signature. . What is impressive about New Jersey’s bill is its comprehensiveness, Spikes said.

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Extending Computer Science Education Week with Computational Thinking

Digital Promise

Our new video illustrates a few possibilities: mathematical reasoning in elementary school by creating algorithms; social sciences in middle school by working with data; and physical sciences in high school by using simulations. Supporting Computational Thinking in K-12 Public Schools.

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Is There Still Time to Build Equity into Virtual Reality Edtech?

ED Surge

Sharing VR Resources At the University of Maryland, Ray runs the Lab for Applied Social Science Research, which uses virtual reality simulations to train police officers how to handle tough situations. “You have to build a pipeline, a labor force, that has the skill set to be able to do this,” Ray says.

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