Growing a Better Tomorrow
K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education policy, strategies, and best practices.
Blogger: Diana Laboy-Rush, Electrical Engineer and Former Math Teacher
Throw out the books and get out of the classroom!
Changing Paradigms This video (a favorite of mine!) does such a great job of illustrating Ken Robinson’s theory that ‘our education system is outdated’. What we are teaching our children [...]
8 Keys to Success with STEM
At the beginning of 2011, Learning.com first published a paper of mine, “Integrating STEM through Project Based Learning” and made it available to anyone who requested it through its website. [...]
Saving the Turtles! My Authentic STEM Experience
I’ve just returned from one of the most rewarding vacations I’ve had in years; our family of five spent two weeks in a town just north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, [...]
7 Skills Students Need for Their Future
I recently watched a video of Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group, when he presented about what he calls a “global achievement gap”. During the presentation, he [...]
Innovation! It Means Doing Things Differently…
Yesterday, a colleague of mine sent me a link to a video in an email that said, “This is what we are talking about, right?” Martha is a project manager, [...]
Women in Vision
Last Thursday evening, at about 6pm, I received an email, clearly from a mobile device with just the subject: “Have you ever heard of Grace Hopper?” It was from my [...]
“Lean forward, Pay Attention, and Engage!”
On Monday, I listened to a FutureofEducation.com web interview of Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology, on education, technology, and the 2010 National Education Technology Plan. The [...]
STEM Innovation in K12 Education
“As a science teacher, always looking for an interesting way to introduce science concepts to students, I found this resource especially interesting. My kids will sit mesmerized by an online [...]
