Oakland Schools is engaged in a multi-year countywide initiative to expand STEM education and promote STEM careers. The primary audience is students in grades 4-7 with specific strategies to target schools and/or districts with students from underserved populations. The STEM education initiative is comprised of two components. 1) STEMi is a traveling mobile lab – …
The CTN Board voted to award grants for project proposals submitted in January-February, 2021. Grants were awarded to: University of Michigan Architecture Preparatory Program (ArcPrep) to expand its Detroit-based program to a 60 student cohort and provide online and/or hybrid instruction by creating ArcPrep Online. CTN’s grant award will support the program’s goal of empowering …
The U-M ArcPrep program, located at the Michigan Research Studio in Detroit, offers Detroit students an immersive, semester-long college preparatory course in architecture, urbanism and studio design. The program meets three hours per day, five days a week over the course of a semester and typically serves 30 students each semester. U-M ArcPrep works to …
The CTN Board voted to award a grant to Wayne County RESA for to continue its project, Making STEAM through Maker & STEM Connections for K-12 Students. This is a multi-year effort to provide Maker training, curriculum, and Maker materials to schools throughout Wayne County in order to build local capacity to create a personalized …
This project was designed to build capacity for maker-centered and STEM learning opportunities within each of Wayne County’s 33 school districts over a period of 2-3 years. The CTN Board supported the multi-year approach and approved initial funding in Summer, 2018. The team partnered with The Henry Ford that fall and offered the first Maker …
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The WSU College of Education was awarded a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to address the critical shortage of critical shortage of math and science teachers, especially in urban school districts. The purpose of the project is to recruit 40 mid-career professionals to the teaching profession and provide an 18-month program of …
The Wayne State University College of Education was awarded a grant for its Increased Access and Equity for Urban Educators program. The CTN grant will enhance a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education by providing technology for program participants. The program is designed to fully incorporate technology into the teacher preparation experience and …
The project will fund virtual STEM program opportunities for K-12 students who might not otherwise envision the possibilities of a STEM career.
The CTN Board awarded a grant to the Wayne State University Computing and Information Technology Department for a project that will help inspire underrepresented students to pursue STEM courses and, eventually, college degrees. The project will fund virtual STEM program opportunities for K-12 students who might not otherwise envision the possibilities of a STEM career. …
Through this project, 56 technology-ready new teachers will attend the 2020 MACUL and receive ongoing support for innovative technology projects in their classrooms.
