Tag: STEM
March 18, 2013
March 18th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Solar panel project has creative juices cooking in class at Tower Hill On Thursday, the students set up one of several tests at the private school to see if their concepts work. Though the solar panels may be a low-cost, low-tech design, they require high-level thinking skills. Encouraging creativity and innovation is...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware’s Students are Returning to Public Schools
March 15th, 2013
According to a recent report by the Delaware Department of Education, private school enrollment is the lowest it has been in over twenty years. Additionally, between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, Delaware saw one of the most significant dips in private school enrollment, losing 8.4 percent of its population. At the same time, public...VIEW ARTICLE
March 7, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
March 7th, 2013
Local News Middletown Transcript Governor tips his hat to Middletown robotics team Gov. Jack Markell recently made a visit to Appoquinimink High School to learn the ins and outs of Middletown Robotics Team 1370 "Thermogenesis." The club is made up of students from M.O.T. and its surrounding areas, who all have an interest in science, technology...VIEW ARTICLE
February 28, 2013
February 28th, 2013
National News Education Week State councils propel STEM education Jeremy Hoffmann and his classmates conduct experiments in a physical-world concepts class at the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville, Tenn., last week. Tennessee is one of the states that has set up a STEM council. As STEM education gains ever more prominence, statewide...VIEW ARTICLE