The Dow-CH2M Smithsonian Teacher Scholar Program, designed to help teachers develop skills in science, technology, engineering and math education, will bring 34 teachers from five states to Washington, D.C., this summer to participate in professional development academies at the Smithsonian.
A Tennessee school district will be issuing digital badges to its teachers to recognize their professional learning achievements.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/23/16
This year's ISTE conference includes 1,164 sessions 625 companies. That's a lot of ground to cover in a mere four days! To help you make the most of your time at the show, we've rounded up this ISTE highlight tour for your visit.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/22/16
The South San Francisco Unified School District is launching its first-ever Summer STEM Institute in an effort to prepare its students for professions in the 21st century.
Led by their professors, a team of undergraduate students at Duke University is working on a project designed to enhance professional development for North Carolina elementary school teachers whose students lack essential English language skills.
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning will host a webinar Tuesday, June 21 designed to look into promising state policies designed to enable and scale personalized learning.
Texas Teachers, an alternative teacher certification program based in Texas, is expanding to other regions of the United States with its new Teachers of Tomorrow program.
A non-profit organization dedicated to ocean exploration has teamed up for a second year with an oil and gas company to deliver training to teachers on how to engage their students in related STEM topics.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/13/16
A series of grants is enabling a non-profit organization focused on genetics (the study of heredity) and genomics (the study of genes) to expand coverage of those subjects in American high schools.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/25/16
The Harvard Graduate School of Education has introduced an online version of its Data Wise Leadership Institute.