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Training Teachers To Use Mobile Technology in Miami-Dade Classrooms

Miami-Dade public schools’ technology education is getting a $75,000 boost from a Verizon Foundation. The Education Fund will dole out the grant to help Miami Dade teachers and students in STEM programs – science, technology, engineering and math – during the upcoming school year. The money will help teachers to implement a new initiative called “bring […]

Building A Better Middle School STEM Teacher

Florida’s state universities have been doing a lot of thinking about science, technology, engineering and mathematics education recently, spurred by Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature’s interest in turning out more graduates ready for high-tech jobs. Last week WUSF Mark Schreiner profiled a University of South Florida researcher trying to figure out what attracts students […]

Five Questions About Florida’s Next Lap in “Race To The Top”

Lawmakers gave a delayed go-ahead this week to compete in the latest round of federal Race to the Top education grants — this time for early childhood education projects. Here’s what to know about the latest version of the federal program to spur education innovation. 1. Another Race to the Top grant? The federal education […]

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