$1.5 million National Science Foundation award will help transform more than 50 UC Riverside students into the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and math teachers. The Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship is building a pipeline to move talented undergraduate STEM students through UCR’s teaching credential programs and into nearby school districts. The award program...
University of California President Janet Napolitano today (Dec. 1) announced the 2017 recipients of the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, chosen from a pool of more than 100 proposed projects. The three awards, totaling more than $2 million, involve faculty and students from across the university with lead campuses at UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz...
The University of California's efforts to streamline the community college transfer process and a pioneering program that launches math and science majors into teaching careers were among several UC programs the White House recognized today (Oct. 15) for investing in high-quality education that will benefit the nation’s Latino community.
By Kate Moser, UC Office of the President | | SMI In the News
In October 2014, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics launched a Year of Action, and with it a national call for Commitments to Action in honor of its 25th anniversary. In the spirit of what President Obama calls a “shared responsibility,” the Initiative challenged the public and private sectors to make meaningful...
By Kate Moser | UC Office of the President | | SMI In the News
From the time Elizabeth Pierson was 7 and her parents came downstairs to find her in the kitchen mixing baking soda and vinegar — dressed in a raincoat, swimming goggles and rubber gloves — the UC Berkeley senior knew she wanted to be a scientist. As a youngster, Pierson would accompany her father, the director...
Marrielle Myers, a math teacher at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, always wanted to be a teacher. “I’m one of those people that taught my baby dolls,” she says. “I would give them assignments and then I would do them and then I would grade them.” “As a student, my one...
An $887,433 National Science Foundation grant from the Robert Noyce Scholarships Program will fund a program that involves more than 50 classrooms in six middle and five high schools, supporting one to15 district mentor teachers per year and approximately 2,000 students in the rapidly growing, low-performing Moreno Valley Unified School District. Surrounding school districts are...
Kayla Bui knows her math skills could land her a lucrative job in the business world when she graduates from UC Riverside, but that's not where she's heading. "I came to UC Riverside knowing I wanted to teach," she said. "With math you could go into business or accounting, but I think that would be...
American business and education leaders examining the nation's educational system found that it isn't living up to the standards of the 21st century global workplace. That is one of the hard facts the National Center on Education and Economy's New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce issued in its December report. "We recruit...
Introduced in the House January 10, 2007 Reported (as amended) by the Committee March 28, 2007 Passed by the House on April 24, 2007 View a list of organizations endorsing this legislation Bill Summary The bill implements most of the K–12 science education recommendations of the National Academies report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing...
In response to the shortage of highly qualified teachers in California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed legislation to streamline the credentialing process, improve support and incentives for new and experienced teachers and help low-performing schools hire the best teachers. Today at John Muir High School in Pasadena, the Governor signed SB 1209 and SB 1655...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – www.ucr.edu – In the depths of the California budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the higher education community formed a pact to educate more and better prepared teachers in science and mathematics. A result of the 2004 agreement became the University of California’s California Teach Science-Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI). The initiative, to be...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 31, 2005 Governor's Office: Margita Thompson, Vince Sollitto 916-445-4571 UC: Ravi Poorsina 510-587-6194 / ravi.poorsina@ucop.edu CSU: Colleen Bentley-Adler 562-951-4801 or 562-400-6115 / cbentley-adler@calstate.edu GOVERNOR JOINS UC, CSU, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO UNVEIL MAJOR INITIATIVE TO BOLSTER K-12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER WORK FORCE Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the University of...
State Schools Chief O'Connell Releases Statement on California Teach Program SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today released the following statement regarding the expansion of the California Teach program to train more people to become mathematics and science teachers. "California is in desperate need of more math and science teachers to prepare...
