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Secretary of Education Celebrates National Environmental Education Week
In a first for a Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan relates how environmental education can be a tool to improve student health and engagement in STEM fields in a public service announcement for National Environmental Education Week. “We know so many of the jobs of the future are in the STEM fields, and there are so many great ties between STEM education and environmental education,” he said....Read More
2013 Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability Awardees Announced
Kent School District is among the 14 inaugural honorees of the District Sustainability Award and Glacier Park Elementary (Maple Valley), Sacajawea Elementary (Vancouver), Tahoma Senior High (Covington) and The Evergreen School (Shoreline) are among the 64 schools announced as 2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. The selected districts and schools are being honored for their exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, promote better health and ensure effective environmental education, including civics and green career pathways....Read More
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed honored with King County Leader in Community Stewardship Green Globe Award
Volunteer naturalists educated over ten thousand people about how the health of our salmon is inexorably linked to the health of all of us. Additional volunteers removed masses of invasive plants and planted over ten thousand native species, while almost 300 local landowners received assistance controlling invasive plant species so that native plants can be put in their place to stabilize shorelines and improve habitat for fish and wildlife. ...Read More
Students Sign Proclamation to Improve Water Quality in their Watershed
Students had plenty to say when asked "What was the most important thing that you have learned through your participation in the Chehalis Basin Education Consortium Program this year?" Responses such as "water is vital to all life", "treat your river with respect and you will get to see more beginnings out of it", and also, "I believe the most important thing I learned was the different ways to improve the water quality in the rivers we test" were just a few. ...Read More
Pilot Educator 2 Educator (E2E) Workshop A Big Success: Initiative Off to a Great Start!
“Curious, Hopeful, Intrigued, Inspired, Excited and Empowered” were only a few of the words participants used to describe their experience at the Educator to Educator South Sound Conference in Tacoma WA....Read More
Council of Educational Facilities Planners Award Goes to Environmental and Sustainability Education Teacher
Mike Wierusz, a sustainable engineering and design teacher at Northshore School District's Secondary Academy for Success was the grand-prize winner of the 2012 Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) Innovative Educator- Environmental Based Learning Award. Wierusz won the award honoring the Mobile Green Learning Lab that he and his students created and secured funding for. This award provided $2,000 to further support his project....Read More
Kittitas E3 Focus Region work
Through support from the EPA, Boeing, and many other partners and sponsors, E3 Washington has been expanding its initiative to build capacity for environmental and sustainability education (ESE) around its Get Together Goal: “Join schools, campuses, and community resources for student achievement and a sustainable future”. The Kittitas E3 Region’s project related to this goal is to link formal and informal educators, across the school year. Their contribution to this work across the state will be to design and conduct a community opportunity assessment to match classroom student learning with resources in the community, based on the state ESE standards....Read More
E3 Washington Green Apple Awards Nominations NOW Open
E3 Washington is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the 2013 E3 Washington Green Apple Awards for Excellence. Receipt of these awards is a great honor for those who are nominated and selected and help others learn about the inspired and innovative programs offered across Washington. Those nominated will be honored at a gala Summer Evening Event in late June at E3 Washington’s Seattle office in the Seattle Innovation Center. The deadline for nominations is April 19, 2013! ...Read More
Students Engaged through Port Susan Estuary Project
Working collaboratively with local organizations, students at Summit Expeditionary Academy explored the dynamic estuarine habitat through the lens of the salmon life cycle, the food web, and energy flow within Port Susan Bay. ...Read More
E3 Washington Congratulates Sally Jewell, Newly Appointed Secretary of the Interior
Washington State business leader Sally Jewell, President and CEO of REI, has been appointed by President Obama to head the U.S. Department of the Interior. ...Read More
2013 E3 Washington Statewide Summit a Success
On January 25, 2013, regional, sector and state environmental and sustainability education leaders and teams met at South Seattle Community College to discuss how to communicate and collaborate more effectively in order to raise the level of environmental and sustainability education for all in Washington State and beyond....Read More
E3 Washington Continues Success with Supporting School Districts
Take integrated teams (administrators, teachers, students and community members) from three diverse school districts in Washington State, support them with structured meetings, community resources and coaching…..and what do you get? Implementation plans that help model progress on accomplishing E3’s Lead Green and Get Together goals and specific strategies in the Washington State Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Plan....Read More
Winter Evening with Peter Senge
Thank you to Peter Senge and all those who attended for making the evening such a success!...Read More
Congratulations Governor-Elect Jay Inslee! Washington State’s 2013 Election Results Bode Well For Environmental and Sustainability Education
E3 Washington congratulates Jay Inslee, Washington’s new Governor-Elect! Jay Inslee made education, environment and economy three leading campaign themes and we look forward to working with him to link and leverage all three in the next four years. ...Read More
Opportunities for Students Abound!
E3 Washington is excited to showcase an amazing opportunity for students and teenagers to engage in the environmental and sustainability conversation and to address issues that directly affect them. ...Read More
Nisqually River Education Project Expanded to All Yelm Fifth Graders
“It is amazing to see such an incredible dedication from an entire school district to environmental education," said Sheila Wilson, NREP coordinator....Read More
Have you Voted Yet? How the Candidates for Governor Come Down on Environmental and Sustainability Education
E3 Washington is a nonpartisan education association. In the spirit of an informed electorate, we sent a questionnaire to both Gubernatorial Candidates, Jay Inslee (Democrat) and Rob McKenna (Republican) several weeks ago. ...Read More
Donors Choose Website Helping Teachers & Students Get Connected to Resources
In Washington, the projects range from sketch books to enrich student’s outdoor science learning throughout the year, rocks sets and solar system models so students can explore and move to a deeper understanding of the world around them, to reusable water bottles so students can educate and work together in an effort to eliminate the plastic bottles being sent to landfills each year....Read More
NatureBridge Recipient of NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grant
"This program will add critical new components to NatureBridge’s environmental education model to empower the next diverse generation of environment- and climate-literate citizens.” ...Read More
“Since Time Immemmorial” Curriculum Site Launch
We will be launching our new and improved “Since Time Immemorial” Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State online curriculum website today. Please review this awesome site......Read More
Washington Educator, Ben McMurry, Selected as Nominee for ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award
Ben McMurry continues to inspire and challenge his students to creatively engage in projects that give students greater experience in real world opportunities in the field of biology. The goal is to keep the focus of the project on how these projects can transfer into real careers after high school......Read More
New Resources for a New School Year!
Each of the projects described below is an example of the rich array of project-based, interdisciplinary, hands and minds on, real-world environmental and sustainability learning resources available to prepare preK-20 students for 21st century life and work. ...Read More
A Roadmap for Advancing Green Chemistry in Washington State
In 2011, leaders from Washington State businesses, universities, nonprofit organizations and government joined together to develop a joint strategy to promote safer chemicals and products through green chemistry. ...Read More
The US Department of the Interior Presents Redesigned Recreation Website
The redesign of www.recreation.gov is an initial step in a multi-year strategy to engage visitors with enhanced interactive content and more multimedia, mobile, trip-planning tools. ...Read More
Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
We envision multiple GRuB-like sites in Thurston County and beyond providing youth with meaningful and relevant leadership & learning experiences on important issues in their community year-round. While students, who have typically struggled in traditional classrooms, invest in the betterment of their community, they earn credits, graduate, and move on towards their own dreams and goals. ...Read More
E3 Washington Honored at Forterra’s 17th Annual Awards Breakfast
E3 Washington was honored with the John Stanford Educational Achievement Award at Forterra’s 17th Annual Awards Breakfast held on May 17th. “E3 Washington is deeply honored to receive this recognition from Forterra; one of our state’s most successful and innovative nonprofit organizations,” stated Effenus Henderson, E3 Washington Board President......Read More
E3 Board Member, Mike Town, Receives Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators
The White House Council on Environmental Quality, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has announced the winners of the 2011-2012 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators. Eighteen teachers from around the country are being recognized for their exceptional work as leaders in the field of environmental education in formal school settings. Award recipients and their local education agencies will receive monetary awards and commemorative plaques to help support and encourage their use of environmental education in their classrooms and schools...Read More
White Salmon Art Show Celebrates Salmon's Return Home
Artists are invited to celebrate the historic re-opening of the White Salmon River and help support restoration of the watershed by participating in a community art show sponsored by Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group. The opening will be September 6, 2012 at the Sprint Gallery at the White Salmon Library. The show will run through the month of September...Read More
No Child Left Inside Movement Still Faces Challenges
A new study published in the March issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggested that promoting physical activity among young schoolchildren may improve their academic performance. The 138 children ages 8 through 11 performed best on mental acuity tests after either physical activity or academic activity, but less well when both were combined before testing — “helpful justification for increasing physical activity in the academic setting,” according to the lead author....Read More
Come Celebrate Excellence in Environmental and Sustainability Education
Come Celebrate Excellence in Environmental and Sustainability Education at E3 Washington's "3 e's" Summer Evening Event at the McKinstry Innovation Center in Seattle......Read More
Oregon Community Foundation Presents A 'Guide to Launching, Managing, & Sustaining an Outdoor School Program'
E3 Washington is excited to Showcase this AMAZING resource for our Members. We think you will agree! ...Read More
Puget Sound Tall Ship Captain Receives Audubon & Toyota Conservation Fellowship
Toyota and the National Audubon Society today announced that a TogetherGreen Fellowship award will be given to a Puget Sound-based tall ship captain and environmental educator. After a competitive nationwide selection process, Joshua Berger, E3 Washington Network Coordinator from 2007-2010, will receive a fellowship award to initiate a project that aims to do nothing less than facilitate systemic change throughout the marine industries of Puget Sound....Read More
Healthy Schools Ballot Initiative
Referendum 52 will be appearing on the November ballot, which means that many schools across Washington may be getting a much needed makeover......Read More
Seattle Times Guest Column: Sustainability Education as Essential Curriculum for the 21st Century
Huge Boost for E3 Washington - National Grant Awarded
The Environmental Education Association of Washington has been awarded a $121,971 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Education in Washington D.C....Read More
The Greening of the Department of Education
US Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at the US Department of Education’s Sustainability Summit. "Today, I promise you that under my......Read More
EEAW-WSTA Conference Draws World-Class Speakers!
Are you ready to get inspired, have your assumptions seriously challenged......Read More
Green Ribbon Program Is Happening!
The U.S. Department of Education announced today the creation of the Green Ribbon Schools program, which will recognize schools that have taken great strides in greening their curricula, buildings......Read More
Tribal history comes alive in state classrooms
SCHOOLS: Washington among states that require lessons on Indian events, culture ...Read More
Frankin and Benton County Conservation Districts save Salmon in the Classroom program
Richard Louv's The Nature Principle
In today’s society of texting, Facebook, Twitter and other social media... ...Read More
Event to Launch Washington Environmental & Sustainability Literacy Plan- A Huge Success
Keeping students interested in and sustaining the environment is crucial......Read More
Educator Diana Fisher awarded highly coveted System Dynamics Lifetime Achievement Award
Diana Fisher, a long-time high school math teacher from Portland, Oregon and collaborator with EEAW/E3 Washington, was presented......Read More
Release of Environmental Literacy Assessment Framework
A National Press Club event featuring a new environmental literacy assessment framework is scheduled and all are invited......Read More
Sustainability Education Summit Report Released
During his keynote address for the “Sustainability Education Summit: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy” last September, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated that preparing students to be good environmental......Read More
First Time Ever-E3 Washington Awards
EEAW/E3 Washington are pleased to offer for the first time ever, the E3 Washington Annual Awards for Excellence with a......Read More
E3 Washington Accepts the John Stanford Education Award
E3 Washington has been selected to receive the John Stanford Education Award from Forterra, formerly the Cascade Land......Read More
Grant from The Seattle Foundation Advances Work of E3 Washington in Puget Sound Area
E3 Washington recently received a grant from The Seattle Foundation to advance E3’s mission and goals. E3 will use this......Read More
11th Annual Chehalis Basin Student Congress
On March 29th our 11th annual Congress Basin Student Congress was conducted at Centralia College in Centralia... ...Read More
White House Summit on Environmental Education
GOOD NEWS: This morning, at the first-ever White House Summit on Environmental Education, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the formation of an interagency task force on Environmental Education, to be co-led by EPA and the U.S. Departments of Education and Interior......Read More
E3 Washington Board Member Receives Washington State LASER Science Education Advocate Award
E3 Washington congratulates one of its board members and teacher extraordinaire Mike Town for receiving the......Read More
TRANSIT HONORED FOR GREEN PRACTICES
Intercity Transit recently received a top honor for its green business practices as part of the fifth annual Thurston County Chamber of Commerce Green Business Designation Program.......Read More
New Partnership with Earth Day Network-Engaging Students to Make A Difference.
E3 Washington is excited to share a great resource for you in partnering with Earth Day Network. Earth Day Network is a......Read More
Washington Dairy Wins Sustainability Award
The Werkhoven Dairy in Monroe (Wa.) has won the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability Award in the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards. The dairy, along with Northwest Chinook......Read More
Four Washington Schools Nominated for National Award
Three Washington state public schools and one private school were nominated for the U.S. Department of Education’s......Read More
E3 Washington Community Member Places 1st in the Association of American Geographers “Geography Matters” Video Competition
E3 Washington would like to extend congratulations to E3 Washington community member, Kieran O’Mahony for winning first place in......Read More
Two Puget Sound Transit Systems First in Nation to Earn “Gold” Standard
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently awarded Seattle-based Sound Transit and Olympia-based Intercity Transit the nation’s first “Gold” signatory status level for their individual agency commitments......Read More
50-State America's Great Outdoors Report Released
The final 50-State America’s Great Outdoors Report was recently released by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, summarizing......Read More
Washington Schools Can Now Apply for the US Dept of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award
The Washington State application and guide are now available for the......Read More
WA Teacher Showcased For Innovative Teaching Methods
Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Jessica Levine, demonstrates innovative “hands on” learning methods in the......Read More
Environmental Filmmaker is “Spreading The Word”
Shelly Solomon, a Pacific Northwest biologist, water restoration specialist, storyteller and filmmaker......Read More
Redefining Environmental Education Practice in Urban Society: New US EPA Funded National EE Training Program Announced
Every five years, the EPA's Office of Environmental Education requests proposals to lead its national environmental... ...Read More
Washington Environmental Educators making an impact in Russia
Three environmental educators, Patrick Mulligan from the University Washington Botanical Garden, Sally Kentch from the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, and Tony Allison who splits his time between both organizations, made big strides in......Read More
Historic Event-Elwha River Dam Removal
The nation's largest dam removal begins September 17 on the Elwha River......Read More
David Kennedy (1938-2011), A Life of Inspired Educational Leadership
EEAW-E3 Washington extends our condolences to the family and friends of David A. Kennedy, a great environmental science educator and leader......Read More
Washington to Lead Effort to Develop New Science Standards
Washington has been chosen as one of the lead states to develop the Next Generation Science Standards, which will clearly define......Read More
Global Educator and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is Mourned
Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner died......Read More
Spokane High School Teacher Earns Nation's Highest Teaching
Mary Lee McJimsey, physics teacher in North Central High School in Spokane, Washington and Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Teaching Fellowship alumna, has been awarded the prestigious certification from the......Read More
Grant supports expansion of "Salmon in the Classroom" project
A grant from the Yakima Valley Community Foundation will......Read More
Action Alert: Federal Funding Threatened
Federal funding for environmental, climate change and watershed education is on the “chopping block” this week. ...Read More
Sign Up Today to Host a Youth Roundtable for America's Great Outdoors!
Earlier this spring, the White House launched a Youth Roundtable initiative to engage people......Read More
Sacred Heart Students Enjoy Outdoor Learning on the Golf Course
What is the difference between storm drains and sewer drains? How much oxygen do salmon need when they are spawning? Under what pH does grass need to thrive? These are some of the questions Laurel Nyquist's 7th grade students pondered on their field trip to Glendale Country Club... ...Read More
$500 Million for Early Childhood Education Opens Doors for Environmental and Sustainability Learning
The E3 Washington Early Childhood plan , and Washington’s soon to be completed Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Plan includes strategies to support early childhood learning through hands -on, collaborative learning......Read More
Maryland first to approve Environmental Literacy Graduation Requirement!
On June 21st, the Maryland State Board of Education approved the nation's first ever Environmental Literacy... ...Read More
Comprehensive Set of Higher Ed Sustainability Competencies Proposed
An article in the Journal of Sustainability Science proposes key higher education competencies in sustainability......Read More
Bi-Partisan No Child Left Inside Act Introduced
This Thursday, July 14, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) will reintroduce the No Child......Read More
Department of Education accepting comments regarding Green Ribbon Schools Award
The Green Ribbons School program will recognize schools that have taken great strides in greening their curricula, buildings, school grounds and overall building......Read More
NatureMapping's new book release: Awakening Inquiry
After years of taking students into the field on research......Read More
The National Environmental Education Reauthorization Act of 2010
The National Environmental Education Act (NEEA) was introduced for reauthorization in both houses of Congress, on Thursday, September 23, 2010 to help ensure that all Americans......Read More
Maryland Passes Environmental Literacy Curriculum Requirement
The Maryland State Board of Education voted unanimously this week to require that all Maryland public schools must incorporate environmental education into their curriculum......Read More
EEAW-WSTA Conference 2011 Updates!
The Call for Presentations and Vendor/Sponsor sign-up are now live via both the WSTA and EEAW sites!...Read More
NOAA Announces Environmental Literacy Grants for Science Education
NOAA’s Office of Education announced today that it has awarded grants totaling more than $8 million... ...Read More
Public Listening Session on the President’s “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative”
“It’s a recognition, passed down from one generation to the next, that few pursuits are more satisfying to the spirit than discovering the greatness of America’s outdoors.” -President Barack Obama, April 16, 2010 ...Read More
E3 Vision
E3 Washington works toward a system of education for sustainable communities by inspiring educational networks, public policies, community behaviors and business practices that support sustainable, healthy and thriving environments and economies for everyone ...Read More
WSU 4-H Eco-Stewardship Program Receives National Award
The WSU 4-H Eco-Stewardship Program has won a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Connecting Youth with Nature through Natural Resources Conservation Education Award... ...Read More
Lesley University now accepting applications for the Masters Program in Ecological Teaching and Learning
Lesley University is currently accepting applications for it's Masters Program in Ecological Teaching and Learning. The program is offered in......Read More
Experience award-winning Field Study programs for a fraction of the cost!
Thanks to a generous gift from the Russell Family Foundation, Pacific Science Center is currently able to offer subsidy to qualifying elementary and middle schools within the Everett, Renton and Seattle school districts to participate in environmental field trips!...Read More
EETAP RELEASES NEW EE ARTICLE
Demographic changes and the emergence of a more global society have challenged the field of environmental... ...Read More
Washington Team goes to National Conference on Sustainability and Systems Education
National conference provides insight to how Washington schools and school districts can make the shift to a new era of education that includes a stronger partnership between schools and communities....Read More
EPA Announces Environmental Justice Video Contest: Faces of the Grassroots
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring an environmental justice video contest that challenges amateur and professional filmmakers to create videos that capture the faces of the environmental... ...Read More
Free copy of Coyote's Guide 2nd Edition
Jon Young, Twin Eagles Wilderness School, and OWLink Media are excited to announce the launch... ...Read More
2010 Thurston County Master Composter Training starting soon!
E3 Success Story! Washington environmental and sustainability teacher education program is a national model
A major milestone has been achieved for incorporating environmental and sustainability education into teacher professional development....Read More
2010 Endangered Species Art Contest
The nationwide Endangered Species Day Art contest provides students with an opportunity......Read More
E3 Co-Chairs Send Thanks to Leaders Across State
At the launch of the E3 website and implementation phase of E3 Washington, Governor Chris Gregoire, Bill Ruckelshaus and Billy Frank Jr. send......Read More
Incredible Milestone for Environmental Education
NOAA’s Washington Watershed Education Teacher Training Program (WWETT) Grant Program for the Pacific Northwest
King County receives federal grants to fight obesity, tobacco
Puget Sound Video Released and Donated
Environmental Education Online Courses offered through the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Success Story: Washington Potato Growers Award Greenhouses to Ten Elementary Schools
In the fifth year of a program to promote education on sustainable agriculture and nutrition, the Washington State Potato Commission and its primary partner, the International Greenhouse Company (IGC), awarded free greenhouses to ten elementary schools in the State....Read More
Washington’s Businesses, Agencies, Educators and Students Honored at E3 Washington’s 3E’s Summer Evening at the McKinstry Innovation Center
A start-of summer event celebrating excellence in environmental and sustainability education was held last night at McKinstry’s Innovation Center in south Seattle. The event was a collaboration between nonprofit E3 Washington, USEPA and McKinstry. In addition to the 2011 E3 Washington “Green Apple” Awards given to business, agency, educator and student leaders, Redmond High School teacher Mike Town was awarded the USEPA’s Presidential Award for Environmental Education Innovation and an Honorary Mention Award was presented to teacher Susan Milan of the Whidbey School District....Read More
Three School Districts Hold Second Gathering to Implement Washington’s Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Plan
The Cle Elum, Seattle and Tahoma School Districts are all working to infuse sustainability and systems thinking into their curriculum by implementing one or two strategies in the Washington Environmental and Sustainability Literacy Plan. ...Read More
Now Open! Arroyo Whale Exhibit at the Highline Community College
The whale was officially unveiled to the public on March 3rd 2012 and has been a popular draw for visitors ever since. The entire project took 23 months, we had 100+ volunteers working on it and they collectively donated over 2000 hours of their time to make this happen. The whale skeleton is a permanent display in the MaST Center; however our exhibits that go along with the skeleton will only be up through the summer......Read More
Camp Snowball 2012
Join education thought leaders, Peter Senge, David Coleman, Tony Wagner, to build our capacity to shape the future. We're doing this by focusing on two powerful approaches to education - systems thinking and sustainability in education... ...Read More
Imagine Tomorrow 5th Annual Competition
Nearly 450 students from across the Pacific Northwest took up the challenge May 18-20 to imagine a more sustainable, fuel-efficient tomorrow. Their ideas ranged from using neodymium magnets to enhance nuclear fusion reactors to using compostable diapers made from common kitchen supplies......Read More
E3 Washington Expands Partnerships with Education Associations
E3 Washington continues to expand its partnerships with professional education associations around Washington State thanks to funding from the Boeing Company and the USEPA Office of Environmental Education. Specifically, E3 Washington is working closely with lead school districts to increase their capacity and curriculum focus on environmental and sustainability education and systems thinking curriculum... ...Read More
Spokane Area Welcomes Dugout Canoe Project
Voyages of Rediscovery is a river-based environmental education non-profit program based on the Columbia River. We have been running educational canoe trips for the past five years from the Canadian border all the way down to Astoria and the Pacific Ocean. During this time, over 1500 youth have paddled in our canoes!...Read More
PBLU A Dynamic New Teacher Development Tool!
In the Schoolyard Habitat Project students become engaged learners as they research, design and implement a plan to enhance their school campus by creating insect habitats, providing nesting sites for birds, planting native plants or even removing weeds and invasive plants from the school grounds. Habitat enhancement efforts do not need to be elaborate in design with expensive price tags in order to provide meaningful, tangible results for the students. This project emphasizes simple, low or no-cost student-led actions to make a difference in their community, their school....Read More
Four Washington School Recognized in First Ever US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Ceremony
Senior Administration officials honored the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) this morning at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C. Among the inaugural honorees are 78 schools that represent 29 states and the District of Columbia. The program was developed by the Department with support from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), several other agencies and dozens of non-profit stakeholders....Read More
New STEM Curriculum Launches; Promotes 'Trash-Talk' in Schools
"When a kid gets a flat bike tire, let's teach them how to turn it into wallet instead of throwing it away," says Mark Schreiber, educator and creator of Design Case, "We want to teach students to create funding streams, not waste streams." The Design Case Curriculum does just that, by getting students to ask the question, "What can this become?" ...Read More