Statement by the President on the Confirmation of John King as Secretary of Education I applaud the Senate for confirming John King as Secretary of Education. In this role, John will continue to lead our efforts to work toward high-quality preschool for all, prepare our kids for college and a career, make college more affordable, […]
Join NAPE staff as they present a webinar on “Strategies for STEM–Solving the Education Equation, Part 2: Increase Student Access, Educational Equity, and Workforce Diversity” at 3 pm ET. Learn more and register
Education Department Launches $200,000 Career and Technical Education Competition for High Schools Acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. today called on Congress to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which provides more than $1.1 billion for the nation’s career and technical education programs in grades 7-12 and also in […]
National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity joins more than 280 groups working to train 100,000 excellent STEM teachers by 2021 NAPE has been recognized as one of the newest partners of 100Kin10. With the addition of more than 45 partners this year, 100Kin10 now boasts more than 280 committed partners. 100Kin10 unites the nation’s top […]
Liz Ben-Ishai, CLASP On International Women’s Day (IWD), the media, public figures, and global organizations join together to celebrate women’s roles as mothers, caregivers, and workers. But while the U.S. will participate in these celebrations, we frequently fail to support these roles financially, socially, and culturally. This has major consequences for women, families, and the […]
Join NAPE staff as they present a webinar on “Strategies for STEM–Solving the Education Equation, Part 2: Increase Student Access, Educational Equity, and Workforce Diversity” at 3 pm ET. Learn more and register
Here’s what Gorzycki Middle School in Austin ISD is doing this year after a team of teachers participated in the NAPE STEM Equity Micromessaging Academy. “Our goal at Gorzycki Middle School for the 2015-16 school year has been, to teach students to have a growth mindset through creating STEM products in order to improve their […]
On March 2, NAPE Director of Professional Development Meagan Pollock will lead a Twitter chat on Entrepreneurial Engineers for Social Good. Here are the blog post and social media fodder to share with your networks. Blog Post: http://bigbeacon.org/2016/02/bigbeacon-twitter-chat-entrepreneurial-engineers-for-social-good/ Invite people to the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/794214420679236/
The first 2016 webinar in WEPAN’s Engineering Inclusive Teaching Faculty Professional Development series is Tuesday, March 1, 2-3 pm. Dr. Stephanie A. Goodwin, Wright State University, and Dr. Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will discuss “Recognizing and Reducing Unintended in the Engineering Classroom.” Learn more and register on the WEPAN website.
President Obama’s Computer Science for All Initiative, would provide $4 billion in funding for states and $100 million directly for districts in his upcoming budget; investing more than $135 million beginning this year by the National Science Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service to support and train CS teachers; and calling on […]
Join us on February 9, 2016, for a complimentary 1-hour webinar, Universal Design for Improving Student Learning… Not Just for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, with Donna Lange, Myra Pelz, and Denise Kavin. Learn more and register
CALL TO ACTION! PLEASE RESPOND TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REGULATIONS IN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP! NAPE is encouraged to see that the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for updating the equal opportunity regulations for the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. Because this is a significant opportunity […]
