How to Get Burned-Out Students Excited about STEM Studies
“Students who are bored or inattentive or who put little effort to schoolwork are unlikely to benefit from better standards, curriculum, and instruction unless schools, teachers, and parents take steps to address their lack of motivation . . .”
The Current State of CTE Education
The Current State of CTE Education: Findings from The Student Research Foundation’s 2018 CTE Career Interest Survey
When educators think about Career and Technical Education (CTE), they sometimes assume that opportunities are plentiful for students who choose to focus on technical courses in high school. Their thinking can fall along these lines . . . Read more
Are Cyber Security Careers a Good Choice for Long-Term Employment?
Is a Cyber Security Career a Good Choice for Today’s Students?
There’s no doubt that cybercriminals are working hard to steal identities and data, and that they are often succeeding.
What are they up to? Here are some of today’s most prevalent cybercrimes, as listed in Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 2019: Read more
College Aptitude Tests: New Ways to Think about the SAT and ACT
“The Truth about the SAT and ACT,” an article that Nathan Kuncel and Paul Sackett published in The Wall Street Journal on March 8, 2018, provides a wealth of new insights into standardized tests.
We all thought we understood those tests, correct? Most of us conceptualized them in this way: Read more
Color Calculators Help All Students Better Visualize Math Concepts
Graphing calculators help most all high school students visualize math concepts and the results of their work. But if those students have learning disabilities, graphing calculators with vibrant color displays are even more effective at making math come to life. Read more