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Cindy Moss to Keynote MN STEM Network Annual Meeting on April 15

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Cindy Moss will focus her address on “Closing the Achievement Gaps:  Why STEM? Why Now?” She taught high school biology and chemistry for 20 years, winning numerous national awards including the Milken National Teaching Award. Moss then served as Director of STEM for 9 years in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools where they won the Broad Award due to their growth in math and science scores while closing the achievement gap. She was honored as one of the 100 Women Leaders in STEM by US News and World Report at the STEM Solutions conference.

In addition to Cindy Moss, the conference will feature sessions on exemplary STEM teaching and learning and cross-sector collaborations; networking time; and a forum on current topics in STEM education and workforce development.

View additional details here or register today!

North Hennepin Community College First Annual Tech Fest

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North Hennepin Community College is excited to host a Tech Fest on February 18, 2014, from 5:30-10:00pm in its Center for Business and Technology!

Local tech companies, such as The Network Guys, Microsoft, Northhighland Worldwide Consulting, Pure, Independent Filmmaker Project MN, Cengage Learning, and many more will demonstrate their innovative products and services. Additional highlights include:

  • A live Hackathon led by Native X to create a mobile app
  • Career Exploration Fair, featuring the fine arts, computer science, business, entrepreneurship, and marketing, as well as the research and development of new technological products and software
  • The Pixar Story documentary film
  • Google Glass demonstration
  • Q&A with Tetris Master Ben Mullen

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged. The first 200 to register will get free pizza and soda!

Upcoming Event: Seeking Agreement on How to Close Minnesota’s Achievement Gap

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For years, you have come to the Achievement Gap Committee’s Brown Bag lunches to hear from a wide range of education professionals, researchers, and policy makers on how to close the achievement gap. This winter, we are asking the question: Are there areas of agreement that a broad range of people and organizations could get behind?
To that end, we have invited a dozen of the state’s  education reform groups to talk about their plans and possible areas of agreement. There will be a total of four forum on consecutive Tuesdays starting January 21st.
Each will run from noon until 1:30 pm, and all will be held at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Center, 200 Oak St. SE, in the Maroon and Gold Room. (Location and parking information).  We ask that you register as soon as possible if you are planning to come.

Policymaker Briefing celebrates SciMathMN 20th Anniversary with guest speaker, Stephen Pruitt

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SciMathMN brought together stakeholders in STEM education in Minnesota for the 2013 policymaker briefing on February 21st at the Minnesota History Center. The guest speaker was Stephen Pruitt, Ph.D., Vice President for Content, Research and Development at Achieve, Inc.
Dr. Pruitt’s comments focused on the role of college and career readiness in state math and science standards. Achieve, Inc. is leading 26 states, including Minnesota, in developing the Next Generation Science Standards and developing assessments for common core mathematics standards.
Dr. Pruitt also addressed a joint session of the Minnesota House and Senate Education committees at the Capitol concerning college and career readiness in STEM.

The policymaker briefing was sponsored by 3M.