zSpace, Autodesk Make Tinkercad Designs Immersive

zSpace and Autodesk have teamed up to let students explore 3D objects in an immersive VR environment. 04/03/2018 Read More

Lego Master Educator Applications Closing Soon

The deadline to apply to become a Lego Master Educator is fast approaching. Applications for the program are due April 16. 04/03/2018 Read More

Amazon Pumping $50 Million into CS Education

Amazon is committing $50 million to computer science education in the United States with new programs supporting high school and early undergraduate students, including financial aid to help schools bring AP CS courses to their students. 04/02/2018 Read More

Majority of STEM Classes Still Consist of Lectures

More than half, 55 percent, of STEM classroom interactions are lectures, according to a new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher Marilyne Stains. The study looked at 550 faculty as they taught more than 700 undergraduate STEM courses in more than 2,000 classes at 25 institutions in the United States and Canada. 04/02/2018 Read More

Grants & Upcoming Events (Week of April 2, 2018)

MIT and the Lemelson Foundation will award up to 15 "InvenTeams" grants of $10,000 each. Applications are due in a week! 04/02/2018 Read More

The Imperative for Fostering Creativity in Students

Education advocates Peter and Paul Reynolds argue the urgency developing creativity in students, of moving the emphasis away from standardized testing and breaking the cycle of "creativity crushing" in schools. 03/28/2018 Read More

Survey: Creative Problem Solving Should Be Emphasized More in Schools

Nearly all, 85 percent, of educators and policymakers in the United States, say they think creative problem solving is a very important skill for students to learn in school, according to a new survey. At the same time, 84 percent of educators and and 68 percent of policymakers surveyed said that there is not enough emphasis on creative problem solving in American education. 03/28/2018 Read More

STEM Development Can Start with Babies

You don't have to wait until a child takes his or her first math or science class to begin STEM education. It can actually start even before a child turns 1. 03/27/2018 Read More

Hands-On PD: The Key to Helping Educators Facilitate PBL

A curriculum direcrtor shares her successful professional development strategy for preparing educators to teach project-based learning. 03/27/2018 Read More

AI Helps Figure Out Where Students Go Wrong on Math Problems

Researchers at Cornell University are working on software that will help math teachers understand what their students were thinking that led them to finding incorrect answers. 03/26/2018 Read More

Grants & Upcoming Events (Week of March 26, 2018)

MIT and the Lemelson Foundation will award up to 15 "InvenTeams" grants of $10,000 each. Applications are due in less than a month. 03/26/2018 Read More

NGSS Expands Science Peer Review Panel