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CALL FOR APPLICANTS: 2010 KSTF Teaching Fellowships Award up to $150,000 to Beginning High School Math and Science Teachers Applications Now Available on Knowles Science Teaching Foundation’s New Website Do you have a passion for teaching high school science or math? Are you committed to becoming an outstanding professional teacher? A Teaching Fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) can ...

CLAREMORE -- Nothing revs the academic motor of car enthusiast Tim Cathey like pre-engineering class. "I like working with my hands and this is almost like that," the Claremore High School senior said. "It's pretty cool. It's classroom imagination. Whatever you think of, you can make." Students are making the most of that opportunity at Claremore. The high school is offering ...

32,000 FEET ABOVE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO — Gravitational forces pinned adrenalin-pumped science teachers flat on their backs on floor mats aboard a steeply climbing Boeing 727. And then as the jet crested, its nose beginning to fall, a brief sense of panic changed to elation as the teachers floated freely. Whoops of joy and laughter filled the padded cabin. The discombobulated ...

Arizona State University is combining energy, innovation and expertise in STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to develop a groundbreaking new institute that will produce a community of highly qualified middle school math and science teachers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded ASU a five-year, $1.25 million Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) grant to develop The Modeling Institute, a ...

Successfully introducing Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) into classrooms is one of the biggest challenges proposed by new educational plans. A research group from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) has studied substituting the current way in which education is structured for a new one that takes full advantage of the potential of new technologies. Little by little, Information and ...

The wonkiest of the education policy wonks are currently poring over the more than 1,500 comments, critiques, and outrages submitted as part of the open comment period for the draft Race to the Top criteria. As Eduflack has written before, much of what has been submitted has been put forward in the name of self interest, with key groups looking to ...

The introduction of K-12 engineering education has the potential to improve student learning and achievement in science and mathematics, increase awareness about what engineers do and of engineering as a potential career, and boost students' technological literacy, according to a new report from the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. The report examines the status and nature of ...

INDIANAPOLIS - A fellowship program is looking for people with science, technology, engineering or mathematics backgrounds who are interested in becoming Indiana teachers. Those accepted into the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship program get a $30,000 stipend to help pay for the program, in which they will earn a master's degree and teaching license. The initiative aims to increase the number ...

Western Michigan University researchers have discovered that in the academic debate over whether young science students learn more through experimenting or direct instruction, there's little difference. Neither teaching approach provides a significant advantage for middle school science students, according to research by three Western Michigan University faculty who will present their findings at the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...

Teaching children how to be more resilient along with regular classroom instruction can improve children's outlook on life, curb depression and boost grades, according to a researcher who spoke at the American Psychological Association's convention Saturday. "In the last 50 years, the U.S. population has seen an increase in their standard of living, such as having more money, owning more homes ...

In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of…" Can you recite the words that come next? Chances are you were read the children's classic Good Night Moon or have read it to your own kids. You may remember a magical moment when the child on your lap suddenly pointed to the letters ...

Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Research and Reform in Education. Robert Slavin, director of the center, and Cynthia Lake, research scientist, reviewed 102 previously released experimental studies evaluating the ...

Normally, virtual worlds are the setting of many online games and entertainment applications, but now they’re becoming a place for scientific collaboration and outreach, as well. A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology, Princeton, Drexel University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formed the first professional scientific organization based entirely in virtual worlds. Called the Meta Institute ...

The following is an interview with Dr. David Drew. David, what are some of your findings about ways to get more minorities and women into the fields of STEM (Science, Tech, Education and Math?) 1. High Expectations. Set high standards. Students will stretch to meet those standards. Building confidence is important, but not unless it is based on solid achievement. Otherwise ...

The Massachusetts Science & Engineering Fair (MSSEF) invites all Massachusetts middle & high school science teachers to "Teaching Science Through the Inquiry Process (TSIP)"” a week-long 2009 Summer Institute from MSSEF's "Curious Minds Initiative." The TSIP Institute provides practical strategies for science teachers to integrate inquiry into their current practice and classroom curricula. Teachers bring 2-3 of their existing labs or ...

Summer is over and you are back for the first faculty meeting of the year. You’ve already exchanged pleasantries with your peers and the meeting is getting ready to start. Your principal or Head of School starts the meeting by welcoming all of you to another “terrific” school year and starts off with the vision for the year. “This year we ...

On the 37th anniversary of Title IX, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and an all-star line-up of women athletes and scientists for a roundtable discussion on the landmark legislation, and he announced the award of $2.4 million in grants to 13 groups to support projects that will help high school girls gain higher ...

Possible Teaching K-12 Career Paths Elementary computer integration, technology specialist, multimedia teacher Job Market Technology has become an integral part to K-12 education, from interactive white boards to class collaborative blogs and wikis. School districts around the country seek to employ teachers who can integrate technology into school curriculum. The employment of schoolteachers is expected to grow by 14 percent before ...

Possible Teaching K-12 Career Paths Elementary math, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry Job Market Currently, many school districts have difficulty hiring qualified math teachers. Math concentrations, like geometry, algebra, and calculus, are some of the math professions that are the highest in demand. Teachers with qualifying math credentials willing to work in less desirable urban or rural school districts are in the ...

In most education circles these days, the focus is on school improvement, common standards, and, most importantly, innovation. Doing things the way they have always been done (albeit with additional dollars) is simply not on the current agenda. From the EdSec all the way down to building leaders, we are looking for new ideas, new approaches, and new solutions to break ...