National Grid’s Fundraiser Program enables schools to raise funds while teaching he community about energy efficiency and conservation. Participation is easy and each school keeps 100% of the money collected through the fundraiser. The program is targeted at grades K-8…
The 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is a survey of all public schools and school districts in the United States. The CRDC measures student access to courses, programs, instructional and other staff, and resources — as well as school…
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) administered the first-ever nationally representative assessment of technology and engineering literacy in 2014. Eighth-grade students were presented real-world scenarios involving technology and engineering challenges. Students were asked to respond to questions aimed at…
Alice Sheppard, a celebrated disabilities dancer and choreographer recently demonstrated the connection between physics and engineering, and dance as she performed on a prototype ramp designed and built by students at Olin College of Engineering. The idea for the ramp…
The U.S Department of Education released the Nation’s Report Card on April 27, 2016. Data showed that 12th grade students’ average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before and that a higher percentage of high school seniors…
Acting Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. recently announced the Career Technical Education (CTE) Makeover Challenge which is offering high school students the opportunity to design their own makerspace. Ten winning schools will be awarded $200,000 to help with…
Governor Raimondo announced a new initiative on March 7th to expand computer science learning for all public school students. Computer Science for Rhode Island (CS4RI) is a partnership between the Office of Innovation at Rhode Island College, the Rhode Island…
The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) invites teachers, curriculum supervisors, administrators, business leaders and the broad education and business communities to review the K-12 Computer Science (CS) Standards and offer feedback. The CS standards include computer science learning objectives to…
Computer Science for All is President Obama’s new initiative to offer all students across the United States the opportunity to learn computer science (CS) in school. Building on current efforts by parents, teachers, states, districts, and the private sector to…
The STEM Education Coalition has developed a set of policy recommendations for the 2016 Presidential candidates which include recommendations for key elements of a National STEM Education Agenda. The STEM Education Coalition located in Washington D.C. is a non-profit which…
