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Posted by Judy on 31 Mar 2009 at 04:40 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Arne Duncan at NSTA
I got the great privlege to meet and talk with Arne Duncan, our current Secretary of Education. He spoke at this year’s NSTA Conference in New Orleans and offered a lot of hope and encouragement to science educators of the United States. He spoke about many topics in science education including our task of preparing our students to become globally competitive in STEM careers. He also challenged the educators to reach out to all students and engage them in science.
Bill Nye, Judy McDonald and Arne Duncan
I wanted to make a difference so I created a program to include girls in STEM careers. The paper in my hand describes a program I created, Girls Leading Girls in Science. This program was held on Monday, March 30 on the campus of Belmont Abbey College. This program was created to match female science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors from Belmont Abbey College (BAC) with 5th grade girls from a local elementary school, North Belmont Elementary School, to encourage them to consider entering college as STEM majors. The 5th grade girls attended a college STEM class, toured the campus, and attended a luncheon with women from the community who are in STEM careers. A mentoring partnership will be developed between the women college students from BAC and the 21 girls at North Belmont Elementary School.
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Conversation with Arne Duncan about Girls Leading Girls