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ISP helping pilot new curriculum in St. Louis schools
Several schools in the St. Louis Public School District are piloting a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum and teacher training program called mySci Do.
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Free June Teacher Workshops
Join us in June for free teacher workshops on energy and synthetic biology. Register now!
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Lessons learned in a life of science
Sally Elgin, the Viktor Hamburger Professor of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and founder of the forerunner to the Institute for School Partnership, will retire at the end of the academic year. Here she reflects on the lessons she has learned during her life in science.
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Creating a new generation of educators
Good teachers make for engaged students and stable schools. That’s why Washington University is partnering with St. Louis Teacher Residency to train and support a new generation of educators.
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Brain power on display at WashU Brain Bee
“Sonic hedgehog is important for the development of what part of the nervous system?” With his answer, Akhil Kondepudi, a junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, clinched the 2018 St. Louis Area Brain Bee. Some 40 students took part in the annual neuroscience competition at Washington University.
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ISP helping pilot new math, technology curriculum in St. Louis schools
It’s mid-afternoon at Walbridge Elementary School and the hallways are buzzing. Literally. Electronic buzzer sounds spill out of classrooms as students work on circuitry projects. Jaime Gilligan, with Washington University’s …Read more.
Students test their engineering might at annual Boeing design challenge
“This is stressful,” Emilia Talarski says in between bites of pizza. She’s worried her balsa wood glider will break. Although, it already has a crack. It happened when she fell …Read more.