A Brief Conversation with Bill Burton, author of article, “Engineering Encounters”, and Lower School Science teacher at the Lamplighter School in Dallas, TX. (Link to pdf of full article is below) 1. Why do you see it as important to create a classroom culture for engineering...
I could not pass up the opportunity to interview Alexey Root, distinguished chess educator – right here in Dallas! Chess players, what do you love about the game? What about other games too? What games do you think help children learn to think, plan, create, and do STEM? With...
Last fall, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Prof. Candace Walkington at SMU (Southern Methodist University) and learn about her research on personalizing learning in math as well some other teaching approaches that she has been exploring. A lot of what she is working on...
As my kids grow and develop, I realize that Mother’s Day is more significant to me now than it was even a year ago. Perhaps it’s because I am so aware now of how quickly the months and years are passing by and how the countdown to their leaving home has begun. Mother’s Day to me...
Here’s an excerpt from the Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Strategic Plan: “We want to make sure that we are exciting young people around math and science and technology and computer science. We don’t want our kids just to be consumers of...
Dr. Koshi Dhingra has dedicated her career to STEM education and is passionate about having every child live up to their potential. Seeing a lack of girls and other underrepresented youth in STEM programs, she founded talkSTEM in 2015 to address the imbalance. She has a doctorate in science education from Teachers College, Columbia University, has years of experience teaching in graduate and undergraduate programs, and has held leadership roles in universities. She advises and collaborates with a broad range of educational institutions globally. Dr. Dhingra began her career teaching science in middle and high school in New York. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
