Awareness: How STEM in SC high school barbering classes has led to an increased interest in the computer science industry

This week on Awareness, Billie Jean Shaw breaks down the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in ...

Stemming the tide: How to keep women in science, tech, engineering and math

The reasons range widely, experts say, from women facing the lingering, ages-old stereotype that boys are better at math and ...
EdTech

Incorporate Literacy Tools in K–12 STEM Subjects

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.
Education Week

Teachers Desperately Need AI Training. How Many Are Getting It?

Even though it’s been more than a year since ChatGPT made a big splash in the K-12 world, many teachers say they are still not receiving any training on using artificial intelligence tools in the ...
Education Week

AI Can Generate Code. Is That a Threat to Computer Science Education?

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...
The Gazette

$8 million Williamsburg schools facility plan to address work-based learning classroom needs

An almost $8 million school bond referendum would modernize and expand classrooms to better serve students enrolled in ...
The Economist

Fine-tuned acoustic waves can knock drones out of the sky

AS CHILDREN everywhere are delighted to learn in science class, sound can shatter glass. Might it also be possible, then, to use acoustic waves to disrupt the electromechanical sensors that drones ...