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DeVos touts school choice, STEM for $4 billion in grants
ABC News
Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos has put forth a new set of priorities for states, schools and universities competing for federal grant money.The priorities include school choice, science and technology,
special  education and school safety. The Education Department awards approximately $4 billion per year in new and continuation competitive grants across some 80 programs, the agency said Thursday. Education secretaries have historically used these competitions to push their priorities. Continue reading
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The next generation of science education means more doing
Five groups of high school students worked around tables in Vielca Anglin's science classroom on a recent afternoon at City-As-School in New York City. They had half-liter water bottles in front of th
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and a range of materials including pebbles, soil, ric
e, marbles, scouring pads and gauze. Their task: create a gravity-driven water filtration system that gets dirty water as clean as possible. It was up to them to decide what materials to use and in what order. Read more here.
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Iowa struggles to fill high-tech jobs with below-average STEM pay
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa employers are reporting trouble filling jobs requiring education in science, technology, engineering and math, while the state's average pay for high-tech positions is 15 percent below the national average, federal statistics show. But analyzing Iowa's pay gap in what is known as the STEM fields is complicated, economists say. For example, Iowa's average STEM salary of $75,730 can be offset by
Iowa's relatively low cost of living compared with some other states, which can have higher expenses for housing, food, commuting, personal services and state and local taxes. The national average for STEM salaries is $89,400.
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How dance can help students in STEM disciplines
Phys.org
A proof-of-concept study at North Carolina State University finds participation in dance programs helps students - including those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) dis
ciplines - develop skills such as creativity and persistence that benefited them in the classroom and beyond. "Our core question was what drives students to participate in the arts at an institution where there are no arts majors and there is an emphasis on STEM," says lead author Fay Cobb Payton, a University Faculty Scholar and professor of information systems and technology. "We wanted to know what benefits students get from engaging in the arts when they're majoring in other disciplines.
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Ivy Tech Programs to Take Competency-Based Approach
Inside Indiana Business
Two competency-based credentials, the first for Ivy Tech Community College, have been approved by a national higher education accreditation organization. The Software Development Technical Certificate and the Business Operations, Applications, and Technology Technical Certificate will be offered starting in April.
The programs received the go-ahead from the Higher Learning Commission's Institutional Actions Council. The method is different than traditional education practices by offering education at the student's pace, focusing on demonstrating competency mastery.
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