STEMpact’s STEM Teacher Quality (TQ) seeks teachers for eleventh cohort of STEM learning
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STEMpact’s STEM Teacher Quality (TQ) seeks teachers for eleventh cohort of STEM learning

January 20, 2023

Educational leaders throughout the St. Louis region are invited to boost STEM learning for K-8 students in their schools and districts by encouraging teachers to participate in STEM TQ, an immersive professional learning experience designed to enhance teaching and learning about science, technology, engineering and math. Applications to participate in the 2023-2024 STEM TQ Cohort […]

New postdoctoral program will train aspiring educational researchers
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New postdoctoral program will train aspiring educational researchers

December 7, 2022

Andrew C. Butler, chair and associate professor in the Department of Education in Arts & Sciences, and collaborator Gary Ritter, dean and professor in the School of Education at Saint Louis University, won a $3.5 million award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) to support a joint postdoctoral training program.

Fixing the classroom: Welcoming all students into STEM
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Fixing the classroom: Welcoming all students into STEM

September 22, 2022

In a new policy piece, biology faculty advocate for new classroom approaches to fix the national exodus of students from STEM fields. All across the United States, half of the college students who plan to major in STEM switch fields. And Black and Latinx students leave STEM at a higher rate than their white peers. […]

STEMpact celebrates 10th cohort of teachers WOWED by STEM learning
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STEMpact celebrates 10th cohort of teachers WOWED by STEM learning

Science teacher Jaime Schneider has earned a reputation for herself. Students come to her class expecting something phenomenal, and she’s happy to deliver. Where else in the building can a seventh grader get a chance to set methane bubbles on fire or generate mystic-looking fog with dry ice and a bucket? “I always start with […]

Efforts underway to recover flood damaged mySci Resource Center
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Efforts underway to recover flood damaged mySci Resource Center

August 8, 2022

Heavy rains and flooding impacting so many in the St. Louis region in late July have also been felt by the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis (ISP). Efforts are underway to recover flood damage to the mySci Resource Center located at 6601 Vernon Avenue in University City. The building, which […]

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