STEM, Hands on Learning, Educational Inequality & More

Associate Vice President for Policy, OSU/OH-TECH
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Ohio Technology Consortium
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 8:45am

How Education Drives Inequality Among the 99% (The Wall Street Journal) – Studies have shown that economic well being among the 99% of the population that is not extravagantly rich is still unequal due to the difference in non-college workers and college graduates workers' earnings.

 

'Falling Behind'  (Inside Higher Ed) – Michael S. Teitelbaum, in his new book, argues that the shortage of STEM field jobs and that the increased job opportunity in those fields is false.

 

We Have The Technology  (LimaOhio.com) – High school students were given the opportunity to interact with medical professions and the equipment that they use, so that they may engage their interests in the medical and engineering fields.

 

Together Again: Community Colleges and Industry (EdTech) – In order to fill the many vacant IT jobs that industries have, community colleges are creating more and more innovative and integrative programs to train the workforce for those positions.

 

Students Get Chance To Learn About Their Passions (Newark Advocate) – Inspired by Google's work practices, Sandi Justus had her 8th grade class spend three weeks working on projects where the students got to follow their own interests, researching and presenting on whatever they are passionate about.