Thursday, April 09, 2020
Despite several "no" answers, students persevered and convinced their school board to reinstate Advanced Placement® Biology at Overfelt High School in San Jose, California.
With less than 25 students enrolled, school leadership announced in spring 2019 that it wasn’t financially viable to offer the course for the 2019-2020...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
There were some bumps when the National Math and Science Initiative teamed up with rural North Dakota schools to introduce online-only Advanced Placement® courses in 2018. Collaboration and perseverance helped uncover the root causes and students exceled. Toni Schneider, Gregg Naranjo and Jim Smithwick have been...
Friday, April 03, 2020
“It’s like drinking water from a fire hose,” a high school freshman told his mom when she asked how remote learning is going so far.That mom is NMSI’s own Danielle Towns, manager of community and family engagement. Like many, she is working from home while helping...
Friday, April 03, 2020
Students chuckled when they saw teacher James Cochran’s plan to recruit more students to AP courses. “You think a table in the cafeteria is going to catch people? That’s cute,” the teens affectionately mocked Cochran, an Advanced Placement® teacher at Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall (New York City Public...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Are you a teacher navigating online learning for the first time? With years of experience in the digital education space, NMSI has strategies and tips to make this transition a little easier.
Merisenda Alatorre, NMSI’s manager of digital learning and instructional design, offers her expertise in creating...
Thursday, March 19, 2020
In education reform circles, the National Math and Science Initiative is known for its effective teacher training and student study resources – particularly its in-person events. Less known is our work and success in training teachers through online cohorts and teaching Advanced Placement® courses through virtual classes. We’ve...