Facilitator Blogs
Loogootee High School Workplace Simulation Project a Success
BY CENTER FOR P-16 RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION
Over a whole semester, students from three different STEM classes worked together to "detect, analyze, and deter" model intruder robots. A grant from Skill UP! Indiana Department of Workforce Development made this Workplace Simulation Project possible. 2018 was the first year of the pilot project.
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Six Ways to Ensure Effective STEM Programming
BY ADAM SCRIBNER
The Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration focuses on improving educational access and attainment for underserved students in several counties across Indiana. We highlight STEM subjects because we recognize the need for it in schools. We’ve outlined a few ways to ensure effective STEM programming in schools—whether elementary school, middle school, or high school.
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Balfour Scholars Program immerses first-generation teens in college life
BY CHRISTINA WRIGHT FIELDS
The students I interact with as director of the Balfour Scholars Program remind me of myself. Like me, they come from similar under-resourced and underrepresented backgrounds. Just like the Balfour scholars, I participated in a pre-college program that inspired me to achieve academic and professional excellence, thus I am living proof that these types of programs do work.
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