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| | Name: E-mail: newsletter@newslettercollector.com Member Status: | | November 21, 2016 | | What's Ahead for Science and STEM Education in the Trump Administration | | During the campaign President-Elect Trump has said he'd get rid of the Education Department, eliminate the Common Core State Standards, and expand school choice (i.e. implement vouchers). A post-election look at the transition and the developments that will shape education in the months ahead in this issue of the NSTA Legislative Update. Also, read the memo from STEM educators to the Trump transition team and thoughts on the election and transition from NSTA Executive Director David Evans. | |
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| | | | | | | | The Condition of STEM 2016 | | Many 2016 high school graduates are interested in STEM majors and careers, but few are prepared to succeed in first-year college STEM courses, creating a "big disconnect between students' interests and their actual preparation" says this year's ACT Condition of STEM 2016 report. ACT also points out that the interest in teaching STEM subject areas continues to be alarmingly low among high school graduates—less than 1% of the nearly 2.1 million 2016 graduates who took the ACT indicated an interest in teaching math or science. |
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| | This Week's Freebies: Cool Careers | | Introduce middle and high school students to careers in medical imaging and radiation therapy using Radcademy's videos and other resources. In Ask a Ranger Q & A, a distance learning program from Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, students in grades 4–12 participate in a live question-and-answer session with a park ranger. And in the Environmental Protection Agency's Divers in the Classroom program, EPA divers visit K–12 classrooms to inform students how EPA uses scientific diving to help protect our underwater environment. More free resources for educating students about STEM careers is just a click away on NSTA's Freebies for Science Teachers web page. | |
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