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Department of Education Moves Forward on New Math Standards

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Public comment period begins

The Minnesota Department of Education has moved the proposed new academic standards in math another step forward, starting the statutory rule making process.  This technical process can be lengthy, with multiple technical steps, and is estimated to run 14-17 months.  The public is being invited to comment on two dimensions of the standards. 

Under Minnesota law comments are limited to the proposed academic standards themselves.  Public comment on those is during a 60 day period that began December 28, 2022 and continues through February 27, 2023.  This process is conducted by the Office of Administrative Hearings and can be found here.

To provide more transparency to the process MDE has voluntarily opened a thirty day public comment period on the proposed new benchmarks. This comment period also opened in December and runs through 4:30 p.m. January 26, 2023. The comment survey can be found here.

Congratulations to award winning schools!

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Congratulations to two Minnesota school systems of Code.org’s Computer Science Leaders Prize!  They are two of only 102 school nationwide to receive this award.  The award recognition comes with $10,000 to advance computer science in their schools.

Minnesota’s winners are the Kasson-Mantorville schools in southwest Minnesota and Hennepin schools, a K-8 charter school located in Minneapolis.

Join us at Coding at the Capitol Wednesday, January 11, 10:00 a.m. – noon in the state Capitol Rotunda.  Legislators, and the public, will be invited to try their hand a little coding, interact with adults and students, and develop a vision of moving computer science education forward this coming legislation in Minnesota.  We’re pleased to join our partners for this event, the Minnesota Technology Association, Microsoft, Code.org, Code Savvy, and the Minnesota Computer Science Teachers Association.

 

SciMathMN Engages Legislative Candidates

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Continuing its work as a nonpartisan advocate for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in Minnesota SciMathMN is working on engaging legislative candidates in this fall’s election on issues of importance to students, teachers, and families in STEM education. Education right … [Continue reading...]

STEM Day 2022 a Success

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The 13th STEM Day at the Minnesota State Fair was another successful event for Fairgoing families, and the Minnesota public and private sector participating sponsors. Reflecting the increased attendance at the Fair on opening day over the 2021 Fair STEM education providers and supporters saw … [Continue reading...]

STEM Day 2022!

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STEM Day 2022 is Thursday, August 25th.  In its 13th year SciMathMN invites STEM education providers, Minnesota businesses, and colleges and university to celebrate science, technology, engineering, and math education and career opportunities.  Through hands-on and engaging activities families can … [Continue reading...]