Posted on August 31st, 2009 by als
Stanley Kaplan, who launched what became the nation’s largest test-prep business, helping students get ready for college-entrance exams such as the SAT, has died at age 90, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Kaplan Inc., which blazed a trail for the for-profit education industry, was sold the Washington Post Co. (WPO) in 1984. At the time, annual […]
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Posted on August 28th, 2009 by ASEE
An engineering-inspired school curriculum connects standards-based theory with practical invention. By Mary Lord
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Tags: A World in Motion, Automotive engineering, Curriculum, Prism, SAE, STEM education
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by asee admin
Recession Swells School Class Sizes
Classrooms across the country will be more crowded when school starts in the fall as falling state budgets force districts to lay off schools, pushing class sizes higher, the Associated Press reports.
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Posted on July 27th, 2009 by asee admin
Administration Pressures States on Teacher Evaluations
The Obama administration is using financial leverage to make student achievement data part of teacher evaluations, the New York Times reports. States with laws barring use of the data stand to lose a share of a $4.3 billion Race to the Top fund, under rules proposed by the Department of Education.
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Posted on January 26th, 2009 by ASEE
What is science for a child? How do children learn about science and how to do science? Drawing on a vast array of work from neuroscience to classroom observation, Taking Science to School provides a comprehensive picture of what we know about teaching and learning science from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by ASEE
Run by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists program aims to provide a continuum of opportunities to students and teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Learn more here.
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Tags: Summer Programs (Teachers), Teacher Training
Posted on January 1st, 2009 by ASEE
For his doctoral dissertation at Tufts University, Morgan Hynes followed six in-service middle-school math, science, and computer teachers as they taught an engineering unit focused on designing assistance devices with the LEGO robotics tool set.
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Posted on May 4th, 2006 by csk
Luke Lee, professor of bioengineering at UC Berkeley, has successfully created a synthetic bug-eye. Along with a research team he calls the Bio-Poets, Lee has fashioned microscopic versions of insect’s compound eyes in the laboratory. These devices, made of complex plastic materials, can “see” in all directions simultaneously, making their scope of usage range from […]
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Posted on March 9th, 2006 by csk
Norway is making incredible strides in K-12 engineering and technology education. In close cooperation with industry, schools, colleges and universities, RENATE, a national center in Norway founded by The Ministry of Education and Research, has initiated a Technology and Design program that will teach more than 60,000 junior high school and high school students engineering fundamentals and reinvigorate the country’s manufacturing industry.
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