The MIND Research Institute has received a $250,000 grant from the Cisco Foundation to provide its visual math education program, ST Math, to 4,000 students in Arizona.
A newly launched site, designed to serve as an interactive educational tool with a science focus, will feature free lesson plan, videos, and activities aligned to national education standards.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 08/29/11
PBS program "Design Squad Nation" has announced it will partner with Rocket21 to engage its community of tweens in the show's content and activities to help meet the demand for engineers in the job market in the years to come.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 08/23/11
The Army National Guard’s Mobile Learning Center Program is coming to the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. The interactive program is designed to raise math and science literacy and tours throughout the country.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 08/22/11
The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation (NAPE-EF) has received grants from two sources that will further the use of educational technology to help achieve equity for groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 08/22/11
A North Carolina school district is providing middle and high school students who need to make up credits an opportunity to complete their coursework online.
A program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this summer introduced Boston high school students to a heady taste of engineering.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/09/11
Microsoft Partners in Learning has selected 11 educators to represent the United States at the Partners in Learning Global Forum in Washington, DC in the fall.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Opportunity Equation, and Ashoka's Changemakers have partnered to launch a competition designed to inspire STEM learning solutions.
Education organizations are rallying behind a report released Tuesday by the National Research Council that provides a foundation for the writing of a common set of expectations for K-12 students in science.