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| | Join NSTA and your colleagues on Tuesday, August 29, for the National Day of Action to advocate for Title II funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA). Congress will decide the future of Title II funding—which has been eliminated by the Trump Administration—in the coming weeks, and your voice is needed to ensure these funds continue to go to districts for teacher training and more. Read the email from NSTA Executive Director David Evans and learn more here. |  |
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| | Have you benefitted from educational federal agency programs? Share your stories and experiences with us so that other teachers can be inspired to seek out and use similar resources and programs to support science teaching. Learn more about the connection among science, education, and federal programs in this blog post from NSTA Executive Director David Evans. | |
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| | NSTA's fall area conferences on science education are almost here, and we want to fly you there for free with our travel giveaway, courtesy of Southwest Airlines. Twenty–seven winners will be selected—nine per week, three for each conference—through September 15, and you can enter once per day. Enter here. Good luck! | |
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Time to take your science teaching career to the next level.
Use promo code NSTA17 for Back to School savings on regular NSTA membership. |
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| | Federal agency programs have played a vital role in science education. Learn how Kenneth Huff's experience with the NASA Educator Workshop became the catalyst for his career as a teacher of science. Read more. | |
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| Sponsored by Montana State University |
| |  Montana State University's online graduate courses for science teachers are now open for fall 2017 registration. The courses are all part of MSU's National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN), which has reached more than 25,000 science teachers in its 24-year history. Some courses start on September 11 while others won't begin until mid-October. Fall 2017 courses include 13 interesting offerings in a variety of science areas, including biology, Earth science, microbiology and physics. The courses are open to all teachers and informal educators. Participants can take courses for professional development or start working toward an online graduate certificate or master's degree. Register or learn more at http://eu.montana.edu/NTEN/ or contact Kelly Boyce at kboyce@montana.edu or (406) 994-6812. | |
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| | With 80% of teachers reporting that they support the use of technology in the classroom, it is important to integrate tools that best fit with a child's learning abilities, as well as school curriculum. With the help of technological tools and toys, children can now engage with worlds that they could have only experienced before in their dreams. However, we must find a way to teach children to use these tools to interact with the world around us, not just the digital world. Read the article featured in eSchool News. |
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| | The number of U.S. teachers has grown by 13% in four years, according to new data from the federal government, and has far outpaced the rise in student enrollment over the same time period. The new data show that there were about 3.8 million K–12 public school teachers across the country in 2015–2016. That's up from about 3.4 million teachers in the 2011–2012 school year. That jump is much larger than the increase in student enrollment over that time. Read the article featured in Education Week. |
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| | One of the recurring themes from principals around ESSA implementation has been, "Well, I'm just going to wait for my superintendent to tell me what to do." Actually, according to experts from the National Association of Elementary School Principals who shared at the 2017 National Principals Conference in Philadelphia and spoke on background for this article, the law was designed to be much more bottom-up than previous laws, and you should reach out to your superintendent with plans you'd like to see implemented in your school to help improve outcomes for all learners therein. Read the article featured in Education DIVE. |
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| | | | | Secondary school students first measure the impact of their transportation, home energy, food, and personal purchase choices using a student-oriented carbon footprint calculator, with results calibrated for every country in the world. Teachers then share class data with classes worldwide and use the online peer-to-peer discussion network to engage students in meaningful and in-depth international conversations about carbon footprints and possible solutions to shared environmental challenges. |
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| | | | | Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation will donate $5 million to schools and school parent-teacher groups at more than 1,000 different schools during the school year. Applicants may request between $2,000 and $5,000 per school. |
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| | | | | These awards allow mid-career educators to be in residence and use the Smithsonian Libraries collections focusing on science, history, culture, and the arts. Eligible are middle and high school teachers, college teachers, and museum educators working on curriculum development or publications. Following the summer residency, the awardee will provide a presentation of his or her research and submit a short report on his or her project. |
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