National Park Service Expanding Reach Into STEM

Agency plans to reach a fourth of U.S. students By Nora Fleming EdWeek Dense fog is slow to abate on this recent morning, as more than 200 6th graders scatter into small groups on the site of an old military camp in California’s Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. They are a mix of moods—eager, hesitant, [...]

McGraw-Hill Report Calls for Collaborations Between Business & Education Communities

A policy paper released today by The McGraw-Hill Research Foundation calls for greater collaboration between the business and education communities to create a coordinated, institutionalized system that prepares the workforce of today and tomorrow for the demands of an increasingly high-tech and more competitive global economy. [To read the entire report click here]     [...]

Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce To Host National Speaker and Discuss Alarming Retirement Trends

Press Release 11-01-2011 What is the future of workforce development in Fond du Lac County, WI? Where will employers find qualified candidates? How will we prepare our young people to succeed in the 21st century? When will we take action? Find out on December 1, 2011 as the Fond du Lac Area Association of Commerce, [...]

Students Conduct Research In Bug-Based Neuroscience

By Sarah D. Sparks Neuroscientist Greg Gage’s classroom lessons on neural activation remind me of a mad scientist’s lab from one of those 1950s monster movies. Picture one gigantic Amazonian roach, carrying tiny circuits attached to its back and antennae, wandering left or right in response to student-led signaling. This “robo-roach” is just one of [...]

Scaling Up a Video Game-Learning Link

Isn’t it time we leveled up? By Michael H. Levine & Alan Gershenfeld At an event at the White House in September, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the establishment of the Digital Promise, a nonprofit initiative created to promote digital technologies with the potential to transform teaching and learning. Experts on digital media [...]