This March, ASSET launches its Coaching and Resources for Educators (CARES) initiative — a no-cost, non-evaluative remote coaching program designed to support educators during COVID-19 and beyond. We caught up with the creator and lead coach of the CARES program, ASSET Associate Executive Director Deborah Luckett, to learn more. Can […]
Project-based Learning Helps Rural Educators Navigate COVID-19
Project-based Learning Helps Rural Educators Navigate COVID-19 by Gina DeAngelo Since schools first shut down last March, educators and students have struggled to adapt to the challenges and responsibilities of remote learning. Unbeknownst to them, a group of educators in rural Greene County, Pennsylvania, had spent the past two years […]
Toward joyful and authentic learning for all: Reflections on ‘Doing the Math’
By Lindsay M. Anderson, as told to Gina DeAngelo We often say that teachers tend to think within the four walls of the classroom. So it was eye opening to convene with a group of educators from across the country as part of 100kin10’s Foundational Math Brain Trust, and have […]
Dr. Cynthia Pulkowski To Retire From ASSET STEM Education, Sarah Toulouse To Serve As The New Executive Director
Pittsburgh, PA, Release: September 19, 2019. For Immediate Release ASSET STEM Education today announced that Dr. Cynthia Pulkowski, the organization’s Executive Director, has decided to retire effective November 30, 2019. Sarah Toulouse will serve as Executive Director of the organization upon Dr. Pulkowski’s retirement. Dr. Pulkowski has served in her current role […]
PBL Externships Connect Classrooms to the Future of Work
“Many of the skills and characteristics that employers are looking for in the future workforce are things we can easily teach our students,” said Courtney Coss, Family and Consumer Science Teacher at Greater Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa. “These are things like willingness to learn, acceptance with failure, ability […]
ASSET STEM Education to Improve STEM Teaching on the Northside and Empower Students to Think Like Engineers
PITTSBURGH, January 29, 2019 – ASSET STEM Education (ASSET), a national education improvement nonprofit, announced it will kick off a three-year program designed to improve the quality and availability of STEM programming on the Northside. The program, STEM from Square One will be offered at no cost to educators teaching Pre-K through grade 5 […]
Alcoa Foundation and ASSET STEM Education Partner to Inspire Future Climate Leaders in Southwestern Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH, January 8, 2019 – ASSET STEM Education (ASSET), a national provider of professional development and hands-on materials in STEM, announced it will kick off a new course that will empower local middle school science teachers to develop and inspire future climate leaders. The course, titled “Climate Leadership: From Classroom to Community” […]