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Founding and Lead Sponsor in Collaboration with the Vice Provost of Advances in Learning at Harvard University THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 20, 2022 / PRNewswire / – The Amgen Foundation today announced an increased commitment to LabXchange, an online science education platform that provides users with access to high-quality science education resources at no cost. … Read more
Share this story Published June 13th, 2022 at 4:38 PM Above image credit: An old newspaper clipping showing geologist Richard Gentile who says, “Kansas City is literally built around this rock.” Another clipping describes the benefits of using limestone for structures such as homes. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland) Avid hiker and outdoor enthusiast Darin Good, … Read more
As hard as it might be to believe today, public education was once a radical idea. Education reformer Horace Mann’s vision in the mid-1800s for publicly supported education was grounded in the idea – a brave one for the time – that a well-educated population is the bedrock for a well-functioning democracy and society. Just … Read more
June 17, 2022 A Chesapeake student creates and programs a LEGO SPIKE Essential robotic kit to investigate probability. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Sawyer / Chesapeake Public Schools By Amber Kennedy In 2017, the … Read more
When she first considered applying for the national Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow program, Laura Akesson, a science teacher at The Steward School, thought it was “a complete moonshot.” “But totally interesting,” she said, “and I was not going to get it if I did not apply.” “I’m still kind of in the shock period,” … Read more
EDMOND – The University of Central Oklahoma’s W. Roger Webb Forensic Science Institute received full, five-year accreditation through the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission, the forensic science accrediting body for the US and Canada. Central is the only university in North America accredited in all available disciplines for undergraduate forensic science programs. The degrees … Read more
swCooler than sandstone or limestone, and packing a punch of magnesium, dolostone became Illinois’ official state rock Monday thanks to the efforts of junior geologists from the suburbs. Dolostone forms much of northern Illinois’ bedrock, but it’s flown under the radar until a Burr Ridge fifth-grade teacher hoping to inspire her pupils amid the COVID-19 … Read more
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It may seem inevitable that the US will always remain the world tech leader. In reality, we stand underprepared to meet the demands of the 21st Century. That’s why the nation’s governors are driving bipartisan solutions to advance K-12 computer science education across the country. As the governors of North Dakota and Hawai’i, we know … Read more