Tag: STEM
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence (AzCASE) — Spotlight on 2021 STEM Grantee
In 2021, AzCASE and Cox Communications awarded a STEM Grant to the Future for Kids ‘Discover Your Future’ program. Here’s what Future for KIDS said about the impact of the grant:
“With the help of the $1500 2021 STEM Grant, Future for KIDS was able to successfully begin implementing our Discover Your Future program in 9 schools, with 6 more set to launch in January of 2022, bringing our total to 15 schools.
AZ Legislators introduce budget proposal. See more state education and legislative news here
Arizona Republican Legislators introduced a budget proposal today, in the House Rules Committee with tax cuts that education advocates say would severely impact funding for public schools.
… “Budgets reflect our values as a state, and this budget proposal that essentially slashes taxes for those at the top at the expense of the middle and working-class families and their children says a lot about how our state views their needs,” Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “This is really taking us in a negative direction.”
STEM Saturdays — Jane Goodall: A Time for Hope & Change
On Earth Day, April 22nd, National Geographic will release a new documentary about the extraordinary life of scientist and activist, Jane Goodall. The 2-hour documentary Jane Goodall: The Hope is set to premiere on Nat Geo, Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo Mundo. Encourage your families to take advantage of this learning opportunity!
National Reading Emergency: Educators Sound the Alarm. See more national education news here
STUDENTS IN THE U.S. are getting worse at reading, and a dozen education and civil rights organizations sounded the alarm over what they say is a national crisis.
The clarion call comes after the reading scores dropped among fourth-graders in 17 states and eighth-graders in 31 states at the same time that the achievement gap between the highest-performers and the lowest-performers grew.
Charter School and Public School Students Have Same Academic Performance, Report Finds. See more national education news here
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) finds that charter school and public school students have the same academic performance in testing conducted at the fourth- and eighth-grade level.
Preschool Camp – Space Travel: Europa And Titan
Created for children ages 3 to 5, these activity-based, hands-on camps explore science and include STEM elements.
Preschool Camp – Space Travel: Europa And Titan
Created for children ages 3 to 5, these activity-based, hands-on camps explore science and include STEM elements.
LOCKs: Preschool Camp – Other Solar System Objects: Moons
Created for children ages 3 to 5, these activity-based, hands-on camps explore science and include STEM elements.
Festival of Science: Science in the Park
Kick off the 2018 Festival of Science with Flagstaff Festival of Science during the Science in the Park event at Wheeler Park! Check out the fun open space activities in addition to many awesome STEM activities with various organizations in the community.
NAU team receives $2.6 million grant to train, mentor Native American students in STEM disciplines
Native Americans have the lowest rate of university enrollment and graduation rates of any group in the United States—and in STEM fields, they represent only 0.5 percent of students nationwide. Another major hurdle for Native American populations is health-related. Those living on tribal lands experience a disproportionate rate of environmentally-associated health issues such as cancer, stroke, obesity and diabetes.
A team of Northern Arizona University researchers, led by co-principal investigators Cathy Propper and Leslie Schulz, were recently awarded $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a new program that will address both of these pressing issues while providing Native American students with unique opportunities to work with world-class researchers.
