Math Matters: The Importance of Mathematics in Elementary School (BU)
Photo: Boston University By Sam Richard, SED’19 As an elementary school teacher, I will soon be expected to teach a variety of school subjects from language arts and history to math and science. While my major is Elementary Education, I have always enjoyed math, and I am pursuing a minor…
Students at Metropolitan Community College build a house and get a taste of the real world
Metropolitan Community College students are erecting a house inside a building, and the concept makes perfect sense to everyone there. Building the house while inside the new Construction Education Center on the Fort Omaha campus in northeast Omaha gives faculty members the chance to conveniently observe the more than 100…
Lecturing Not Effective In Teaching STEM Students
Developing a science literate citizenry and a qualified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce depend heavily on the learning environments provided in STEM courses at the university level. Despite numerous efforts nationwide to train STEM faculty in the implementation of teaching practices that have a demonstrated effectiveness, the extent to which…
Go Inside a Wind Turbine
From OPPD The Wire By Laura King-Homan A wind turbine sits in an open field, moving with the wind and generating electricity for customers who may live miles away. The use of renewable energy resources has grown in recent years at OPPD. The recent groundbreaking of the Sholes Wind Energy Center in northeast Nebraska…
Teacher Festival
During Teacher’s Festival, the teachers take over Omaha Children’s Museum. This after-hours event is for adults-only who are educators, school administrators, homeschooling parents, and those involved in early childhood education. Tables will be set up throughout the museum showcasing programs and products useful to teachers. The event is free and…
SLE Workforce Data Snapshots
STEM Learning Ecosystems economic data for STEM industries in Nebraska. Check out the link for a downloadable PDF of data sources. SLE workforce data snapshots
Results of Removing Standardized Test Scores from College Admissions
Photo: Hampshire College ONE YEAR AFTER HAMPSHIRE’S DECISION TO STOP ACCEPTING SAT/ACT SCORES IN ADMISSIONS, WE ARE SEEING REMARKABLE RESULTS. By Jonathan Lash, President, Hampshire College You won’t find our college in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings released this month. Last year Hampshire College decided not to…
UNL engineering may get $75 million renovation
For a college that prepares students to design and build, the facilities that house the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Engineering are uninviting. But the College of Engineering is likely soon to receive approval for $75.5 million worth of building improvements. The NU Board of Regents on Friday will consider…
ALS is topic of Aug. 14 Omaha Science Cafe
From UNMC Newsroom Amy Nordness, Ph.D., director of speech-language pathology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, and Shannon Todd, a care services specialist with The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter, speak at the next Omaha Science Cafe at 7 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th…
