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Teachers’ Participation in Research Programs Improves Their Students’ Achievement in Science
Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Teachers has been tracking teacher and student data for many years. The program's impact is described in the October 16, 2009 issue of Science.
Great Teachers for STEM
Maxine Singer, president emeritus of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, D.C. provides this editorial in the August 28, 2009 issue of Science.
Creating a Well-Prepared STEM Workforce: How Do We Get From Here To There?
On February 2, 2009, a group of California science and mathematics teachers, policy makers, researchers, and representatives from business, industry, and higher education met to consider how California could do a better job of preparing today's students for the future STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - workforce. The Symposium was co-sponsored by the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) and the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning (CFTL), as well as the California Teacher Advisory Council (Cal TAC).
California's Teaching Force 2008
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning released its tenth annual report in December 2008 on the status of the teaching profession in California. The report, "California's Teaching Force 2008: Key Issues and Trends," finds that a grim budget outlook, complex challenges to the supply and assignment of public school teachers, and the lack of an effective teacher data system pose significant hurdles to California's ability to meet increasing demands for students' high academic performance.