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Current News
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News CoverageWebsite04/17/2012 - 3:44pm
Environmental Education Week 2012 Green STEM Innovators
In celebration of the 2012 theme, Greening STEM: The Environment as Inspiration for 21st Century Learning, EE Week is highlighting five organizations from around the country that are connecting STEM to the environment in unique and creative ways.School Spotlight: The SENSE IT instructional modules have proven very flexible used in both middle and high school classrooms, as well as after-school...
Current Events
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Event/ConferencePresentation06/24/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/27/2012 - 2:15pm
View ITEST project presentations abstracts.
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AnnouncementEvent/Conference06/30/2012 - 3:33pm - 5:33pm
The Education Arcade at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is pleased to announce the Lure of the Labyrinth Challenge—a free online math challenge for grades 6–8. While playing Lure of the Labyrinth, students use mathematical thinking skills to progress through a compelling graphic-novel story.
Funded by a Next Generation Learning Challenges Grant, the Challenge invites groups of 4–6 students to collaborate in a safe, teacher-moderated environment to strategize and...
Past News
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News Coverage01/09/2012 - 12:32pm
Source: Stevens Institue of Technolgy News
With projected shortages of STEM workers – particularly engineering workers – in the next several decades and calls from the national business community to increase the nation’s innovation capacity, there is a growing recognition among policymakers and educators that the strength of America’s economy in our technology-based society depends upon... -
News Coverage01/09/2012 - 11:38am
Source: WatsonvillePatch
By: Jennifer Squires
Watsonville schools are quietly becoming a stronghold of young computer programmers, thanks to a small, grant-funded program that launched five years ago to help Latina girls learn about technology.Watsonville Tecnología-Educación-Comunidad, better known as Watsonville TEC, is an extended learning program that reaches students...
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News Coverage01/09/2012 - 11:22am
Source: WatsonvillePatch
By: Jennifer Squires
Years ago, when Jacob Martinez switched from Latino Studies to majoring in sciences at a UC Santa Cruz, he noticed there weren't a lot of people who looked like him in his classes.The under-representation of Latinos in fields like computer science and engineering troubled Martinez and led him into a career where he teaches...
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News Coverage01/09/2012 - 10:41am
Source: WatsonvillePatch
By: Jenniferr Squires
School has been out for an hour at E.A. Hall Middle School in Watsonville, yet a group of tween girls cluster around computer screens, entranced by the video games taking shape in front of them.They are students enrolled in Watsonville Tecnología-Educación-Comunidad, a grant-funded, after-school program for fifth graders and...
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Press ReleaseWebsite12/16/2011 - 9:06am - 9:11am
CBIA member company General Electric sparks students’ interest in science
By Lesia WiniarskyjWhat do you get when you cross a steel bolt with a tight coil of wire?
Bragging rights.
In a recent science lab on electricity and magnetism, East Hartford High School freshmen trounced their peers from Waterbury and New Britain. The goal? Get as many paper clips as...
Past Events
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AnnouncementTechnical Assistance/Collaboration EventsWebinar05/08/2012 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The LRC previewed a new STEM Education Instrument Database. The ITEST LRC has developed a database of validated instruments used by ITEST projects. The database includes information such as constructs measured, information about validity and reliability, and provides information on how to obtain copies/permissions to administer...
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Event/Conference05/02/2012 - 8:00am - 05/31/2012 - 12:00pm
Event dates: October 28-31, 2012
The STEMtech conference is an international convening that emphasizes increasing student success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at all levels. Over 400 sessions focus on improving STEM education, better aligning educational systems with each other and local workforce needs, and technology's role in the... -
Event/Conference04/25/2012 - 8:00am - 04/27/2012 - 2:30pm
ITEST PI Karen Peterson is also PI of the National Girls Collaborative Project which is hosting an upcoming event of interest to educators who work with girls in STEM. Back by popular demand, the NGCP National Collaboration Conference 2012: Advancing the Field through Collaboration, Capacity Building, and Equity will be held in conjunction with the nation's largest celebration of science and...
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Event/Conference04/16/2012 - 8:50am - 04/19/2012 - 5:00pm
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2012 National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Professional Development Institute is scheduled for April 16-19, 2012, at the Doubletree Crystal City, Arlington, VA. -
Event/ConferencePresentation04/13/2012 (All day) - 04/17/2012 (All day)
Several ITEST projects are presenting at AERA.
Pathways to College and Careers (PCC)
Education Development Center, Inc.
43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0737638.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
The ITEST LRC is a member of DRLnet, a group of resource centers serving five NSF Division of Research and Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)-funded program communities including: Academies for Young Scientists, Discovery Research K-12, Informal Science Education, and Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering.
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