Wayne RESA is a previous recipient of a multi-year CTN grant that enabled creation of three different Maker cohorts, comprised of educators throughout the county to collaborate and learn together. As result of the multi-year RESA initiative, 93 educators from 36 schools in 22 public school districts and two public school academies were provided with …
The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum has a history of offering Distance Learning opportunities for K-12 students throughout southeast Michigan. When in-person learning halted for most students in 2020, the demand for its virtual programming increased. The Museum responded by establishing a second DL studio at the Leslie Science and Nature Center using equipment borrowed from …
The Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) was awarded funding for technology to support drivers training for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This population can request ADA accommodations when testing for a drivers license but must meet the same driver education requirements as every other new driver. CTN grant funds will be used to purchase a …
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The Michigan Learning Channel was established early in 2021 to bridge digital divides and provide standards-aligned supplemental educational resources for use by teachers, students, and parents all across Michigan. This first-of-its-kind statewide collaboration and broadcast provides a unique opportunity to expose students to locations and learning experiences all around the state of Michigan, utilizing the …
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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 – …
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The goal of the summer camp scholarship project is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who are motivated and prepared academically to pursue degrees leading to careers in STEM related field through K-12 supplemental educational programming during the summer. For 2021, STEM summer camps have been transformed by WSU faculty and staff to …
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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 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 …
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 …
