Announcements
National Sponsorship Reduces Cost of PSI-PMI for U.S. Schools
Donations from national organizations now enable U.S. schools to implement PSI-PMI at reduced cost. These sponsors are dedicated to improving math and science education across the United States by making the proven benefits of PSI-PMI available to more students. Both professional development and technology are now available at lower cost. Continue reading
Center for Teaching and Learning Names New Board Members
The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) named Morgridge Family Foundation Vice President Carrie Morgridge, Stevens Institute of Technology Associate Dean and Professor Dr. Victor Lawrence and Global Livingston Institute Executive Director Jamie Van Leeuwen to its board of trustees, providing the non-profit organization with critical expertise in education, philanthropy and engineering. Continue reading
Leading Classroom Technology Firm Joins NEA, Center for Teaching & Learning, to Improve Math and Science Education
SMART Technologies, the global education technology firm that made SMART Board® interactive whiteboards and SMART Response™ interactive response systems classroom standards, has teamed up with the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest professional employee organization, to support the work of the nonprofit Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The joint effort aims to improve mathematics and science learning through an innovative approach to teaching and learning. Continue reading
A Hands-on Approach to Mathematics: Englewood district the latest to adopt new pedagogical approach to learning
At Janis E. Dismus Middle School, students file into the classroom as they would in any school. But there’s one extra step: When called upon, students line up to collect their electronic student responders. Then they file back to their desks. It’s all par for the course at Dismus, which launched the Progressive Mathematics Initiative for all students in grades 6 through 8. The school integrated the PMI model as part of its approach to standard-based learning. Continue reading
Learn to Teach Chemistry
New Jersey teachers from any certification area can earn certification in chemistry through the PSI Chemistry Endorsement program. This endorsement program is an accelerated track that allows teachers to learn the content, and how to teach the content of chemistry. Classes start as early as July for interested teachers. Continue reading
Physics Coursework for Teachers
CTL’s is offering a PSI Algebra-Based Physics course for teachers. This professional development course that blends classroom and virtual learning, allowing teachers to customize their own approach to learning to teach the highly effective PSI Algebra-Based Physics. Teachers with an interest in new approaches to instruction, technology, and collaboration, are encouraged to consider the course. It is not necessary to be a math or science teacher to succeed. Continue reading
East Orange STEM Academy uses Physics to Take a Giant Leap
The East Orange STEM Academy in East Orange, NJ is seeing a meteoric rise in its number of students taking AP physics, as well as an incredible burst in student math and science proficiency. The dramatic change is attributed to the the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Progressive Science Initiative (PSI), which uses free digital materials in lieu of textbooks, and stipulates a sequential overhaul of high school science instruction from biology-chemistry-physics to physics-chemistry-biology.
“We have 37 students in AP physics out of about 270 students enrolled here,” said Dr. Nicholas DelTufo, principal at East Orange STEM Academy. “We are a shining star in urban education.”
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