Amy Ely, Director of STEM at Detroit Catholic Central High School, announces the opening of the George & Mary Turek Hall of Science - state-of-the-art 57,000 sq ft STEM Center.

Learn about the cutting-edge facilities including a large-scale observatory, robotics labs, and an advanced greenhouse for sustainability projects. She captivating descriptions include full-motion flight simulators and immersive theaters that can stream astronomical data.

Amy emphasizes the importance of future readiness and project-based learning. highlighting the importance of collaboration and adaptation in education.

Her vision is to prepare students not only for current STEM careers but also for those that will emerge in the future, embodying her belief that education should be both forward-thinking and deeply connected to real-world applications.

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The late Sir Ken Robinson once quipped that many of us feel like, "Math is a party to which we have not been invited."

Today's guest, Peter Coe, wants to make sure those invitations get delivered. As the ​​Founder and Lead K-12 Mathematics Consultant at Coe Learning, LLC, Peter works to make sure students not only get invited to the party, but that once they arrive it's party worth staying for.

Peter works with schools, districts, and organizations on the equitable mindsets, technical skills, resources, and infrastructure required to provide rich, engaging mathematical learning experiences for K-12 students.

A mathematician by training, he has taught in both district and charter schools, and served as a mentor teacher, department chair, and instructional coach.

He is a recipient of the Math for America's Master Teacher and School Leader fellowships.

​Peter helped lead the development of the EngageNY mathematics curriculum, as well as realignment of the state assessment program in mathematics. He also helped found and served as Chief Academic Officer of UnboundEd, leading the development of the Standards Institute mathematics pathway and advising numerous organizations and school districts on K-12 mathematics strategy.

Peter has been a speaker at the NCTM and NCSM National Conferences, SXSWEdu, Learning Forward, and other national conventions.

Today he shares advice to districts in how to shift both their practices and resources to raise engagement and achievement in math classrooms.

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District leaders all across the country have long lamented the dearth of high-quality, culturally relevant and engaging curriculum for history and social studies.

And it's not just leaders and teachers. Students surveyed also report that they don't see themselves in the curriculum, feel that they are only learning one side of history, and that none of it seems to have anything to do with them or their lives.

Nichol Everett, K-12 Social Studies Instruction Facilitator for Tacoma Public Schools, partnered with Educurious to co-design a project-based, interactive, Civics unit called Advocacy in Action that has students and teachers cheering and achieving. Find out how they did it in this inspiring episode.

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