Plus Congress Passes Final FY18 Spending Bill
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| | | Congress Passes Final FY18 Spending Bill | | The final Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus bill passed by Congress last week includes a $700 million increase for a new grant program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that can be used to fund science and STEM programs in your school and district. Read more in this issue of the NSTA Legislative Update. | |
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| | What Are Conferences For? | | "I'm exhausted. I just got back from a whirlwind NSTA ed-venture. I had to check to see what the students covered with the sub while I was gone; I had to submit lesson plans for the week. I have to catch up on grading as the quarter comes to a close before spring break next week! I started to wonder: What are conferences for?" Read the answer that Valeria Rodriguez figured out. | |
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| | | Deadline for Science and Children Manuscripts Extended | | Science and Children has extended the deadlines for two upcoming calls for papers. Manuscripts on Visual Literacy are now due by April 1. Manuscripts on Problem-Based Learning are now due by April 15. Please see the complete call for papers list here. | |
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| | New Study on High School vs College STEM Completion | | A new study by the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research finds that expanding access to STEM classes in high school does not increase the number of students who obtain college degrees in STEM. Additionally, the report found that adding more high school STEM classes will not push black, Hispanic, and female students to become STEM majors at the same rate as the white and Asian men who currently predominate in those college disciplines. Read the report and check out the Education News Roundup for a selection of the week's other top education news stories. | |
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| | | Safer Breakerspaces | | Breakerspaces are areas where students demolish, repurpose, fix, or disassemble appliances, electronics, toys, and other devices to learn how they work, what components were used to create them, and how they were designed. Like any type of construction or demolition work, safety preparation is absolutely critical. When preparing a breakerspace activity, teachers should consider the following safety guidelines. | |
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| | | | | | | | Smithsonian's Teacher Innovator Institute | | The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's program will show teachers of grades 5–8 how to bring the museum experience into their classrooms by exploring connections between informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and authentic learning. Taking place in Washington, D.C., July 9–20, the institute is open to teachers nationwide who can commit to two weeks each summer for three summers. |
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| | | | AEOP Research Experiences for STEM Educators and Teachers | | RESET provides upper middle level and high school educators with summer research experiences at participating Army Laboratories. The program aims to reinforce teachers' content knowledge through research experiences and interactions with Army and Department of Defense scientists and engineers. Selected teachers will participate in online learning as a cohort, with a subset of the cohort chosen to conduct research on-site with a mentor Army scientist or engineer. |
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| | | | Sponsored by: Amplify Science | | Introducing Amplify Science for Grades K–5 and 6–8 | | Amplify Science and the Lawrence Hall of Science are proud to announce upcoming webinars introducing Amplify Science for grades K–5 and 6–8. Senior Lawrence Hall of Science staff will provide background on the development of the NGSS-supported Amplify Science, including the philosophy, pedagogy, and research basis. Amplify Science experts will conduct a walkthrough of the phenomena-based programs, highlighting the unit structure and key features of Amplify's K–5 and 6–8 programs. Both sessions will end with time for questions from participants about the programs. Introducing Amplify Science for grades K–5 Date: April 10 Time: 3 p.m. EST Introducing Amplify Science for grades 6–8 Date: April 12 Time: 3 p.m. EST | |
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