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Jewish Schools Can Lead In STEM Education

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 3:20pm

My high school engineering classroom feels like the downtown loft of a high-tech start-up. In one corner, students pour over a “smart” air-conditioner device they’re designing. Others crowd around a laptop to trade impressions of a new prosthetic arm on a YouTube video. This is what STEM education should look like.

Fab Labs: Using Technology to Make (Almost) Anything!

Feature

High school students learn career-shaping skills through groundbreaking fabrication laboratory.

Alison DeNisco

District Administration, Dec 2012

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technology

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Brookline (Mass.) School Wins Grant for Robot Invention

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 1:50pm

Brookline-based Beaver Country Day School has been awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant of $10,000 to create an automated robotic vehicular independence system that can carry up to 50 pounds for wheelchair-bound individuals or those needing hands-free help to transport cargo. Called JARVIS, students will showcase their prototype at EurekaFest at MIT in June.

STEM Education Can Help Prevent the Next Disaster

News Update

The gulf drilling explosion on the Deepwater Horizon caused an unprecedented disaster. The most sustainable and forward-thinking answer to prevent the next disaster may lie in education.

Eric A. Clayton

District Administration, Jul 2010

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