More than 60 high school students representing 32 schools conducted experiments, explored careers in neuroscience and tested their knowledge of the human brain and the nervous system at the 14th annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee March 2 at Washington University in St. Louis.
Author: Diane Toroian Keaggy
Empowering teachers (Links to an external site)
In 2020, Washington University in St. Louis joined St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) in a bold new experiment to turn around two of the district’s lowest performing elementary schools, Ashland Elementary in North St. Louis and Meramec Elementary in South St. Louis. Only it wasn’t an experiment at all. Read about how teachers from these two […]
New partnership empowers principals to ‘dream big’ (Links to an external site)
SLPS Principal Redesign Fellows leverage existing strengths to improve outcomes Boost ninth-grade reading scores by two years at Vashon High School. Introduce play- and project-based lessons at Shenandoah Elementary. Improve assessments at Roosevelt High School. The principals at these schools and four others are poised to achieve big goals after participating in the inaugural cohort […]
Champion for equitable education, May honored with Ethic of Service Award
May leads Institute for School Partnership, leader in STEM education and teacher development You may not know her name, but the superintendent of your child’s school district certainly does. For decades, Victoria May, executive director of the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, has worked with local educators to create high-quality, equitable education […]
Institute for School Partnership finds new ways to be ‘in St. Louis, for St. Louis’
The Institute for School Partnership (ISP) at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a new strategic plan to support the university’s mission to be “In St. Louis, for St. Louis.” To that end, the institute has hired Nikki Doughty, head of school at City Academy and a regional leader in urban education, to serve as […]
Washington Magazine Spotlights Teacher Residency Program and ISP Role
By Diane Toroian Keaggy October 12, 2020 The clock is ticking. KIPP: St. Louis algebra teacher Josh Humphrey has 45 minutes to deliver his lesson on geometric sequences to his ninth-grade class — what they are, why they matter and how they differ from their mathematical cousin, the arithmetic sequence. He moves methodically, first telling students the […]