Category: STEM
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TEDNA ACE Project Provides Technology for Students
In this day and age, it is impossible to succeed as a student without access to Internet and a computer. One of the important services provided by the TEDNA ACE Project is ensuring students’ technology needs are met. These students at Walters High School recently received Chromebooks and hotspots with the help of their Education…
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Aristocrat Gaming Makes $500,000 donation to AISES
Aristocrat Gaming has announced that they will be making a $500,000 donation to the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) in support of their efforts to increase representation of Indigenous people in STEM fields. Among other things, the money will go toward supporting a new endeavor by AISES, the Resources for Indigenous STEM Education…
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LIGHTING THE PATHWAY TO FACULTY CAREERS FOR NATIVES IN STEM
From AISES: AISES is now accepting applications for the 3rd LTP cohort! All applications and supporting documents must be received by August 19, 2016. DESCRIPTION AISES was awarded a 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the “Lighting the Pathway to Faculty Careers for Natives in STEM” program. The program’s goal is to increase the…
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Yakama Nation Youths Show Off Their STEM Savvy to Visiting Educators
Aaron Arquette caught the attention of about 40 visitors in the Yakama Nation Cultural Center auditorium Thursday when he discussed his work on solar water heaters. A senior at the Yakama Nation Tribal School, Arquette explained how solar evacuated tubes warm up water for residential use; as a result, solar water heaters tend to save…
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Teaching Tribal History Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools
Here, from the Stranger. An excerpt: When Shana Brown was in 11th grade, her US history teacher took a metal wastebasket, flipped it upside down, and started banging on it like a drum. “Go, my son, get an education! Go, my son, get off the reservation,” he sang. Brown had grown up on the Yakama…
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Via ACT.org: The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2014
The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2014 is ACT’s annual report on the progress of the graduating class relative to college readiness. This year, 57% of the graduating class took the ACT® college readiness assessment. The increased number of test takers over the past several years enhances the breadth and depth of the data…