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We thought this was a truly inspiring story of a girl who’d found engineering so interesting that she decided she could build houses — and help solve homelessness issues. She’s a junior in high school!
Click here to learn more about what she’s doing…
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Last month, we asked our customers and opinion leaders across the country about how digital tools in the elementary science classroom.
We found the results of the survey very interesting, and thought you might, too.
Check them out!
Our thanks to everyone who participated! We had teachers, school and district administrators, university faculty, Science Center and Intermediate Unit staff, elementary education consultants, and more respond.
While it looks as though different areas of the country are moving at different speeds towards digital education, it does look as though it’s coming — almost everyone was pretty sure that they would be using some sort of notebook computer, online access, and Apps within the next five years.
The times, they are a-changing!
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“State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, but school starts soon and Congress still hasn’t answered the call.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break.
The plan to offer waivers to all 50 states, as long as they meet other school reform requirements, comes at the request of President Barack Obama, Duncan said. More details on the waivers will come in September, he said…”
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