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Event | Spencer Foundation; Small Research Grants on Education; Full Proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant.
Learn more at https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant.
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Event | Spencer Foundation; Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change; Pre-proposal Deadline
Learn more at https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-practice-partnerships.
Learn more at https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/research-practice-partnerships.
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Blog | Why Build K-12 Data Literacy When the Path Is Unclear, There’s No Time, and the Machines Are Coming Anyway?
According to one source, the world will have gathered 181 zettabytes of data by the end of 2025 (Bartley, 2025). Unknown to me previously, I learned that a zettabyte equals 1 sextillion bytes of data, or roughly what can be stored on 250 billion DVDs. Clearly, the world has been collecting vast amounts of data that can help to address almost any empirical question we may pose. How much have we…
According to one source, the world will have gathered 181 zettabytes of data by the end of 2025 (Bartley, 2025). Unknown to me previously, I learned that a zettabyte equals 1 sextillion bytes of data, or roughly what can be stored on 250 billion DVDs. Clearly, the world has been collecting vast amounts of data that can help to address almost any empirical question we may pose. How much have we…
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Resource | Engineering in Action: Hands-On Strategies for Students with MSD
This presentation, Engineering in Action: Hands-On Strategies for Students with MSD, was given at the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) 2025 Diverse Learners Institute in Louisville, KY on July 15, 2025.
This presentation, Engineering in Action: Hands-On Strategies for Students with MSD, was given at the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) 2025 Diverse Learners Institute in Louisville, KY on July 15, 2025.
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Resource | Developing Inclusive Engineering Education Opportunities
This presentation, Developing Inclusive Engineering Education Opportunities, was given at the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition in Montreal, Canada on June 23, 2025.
This presentation, Developing Inclusive Engineering Education Opportunities, was given at the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition in Montreal, Canada on June 23, 2025.
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Resource | What Does Knowledge of Dialogue and Argument Mean for Elementary Teachers’ Instructional Practices? A Case Study
This study aimed to explore the development of teachers’ knowledge of dialogue and argument through three specific knowledge bases: declarative, procedural, and epistemic. Additionally, the study sought to understand the implications of this knowledge for implementing a knowledge generation approach in classroom settings. To achieve these objectives, a multiple-case study was conducted with 12…
This study aimed to explore the development of teachers’ knowledge of dialogue and argument through three specific knowledge bases: declarative, procedural, and epistemic. Additionally, the study sought to understand the implications of this knowledge for implementing a knowledge generation approach in classroom settings. To achieve these objectives, a multiple-case study was conducted with 12…
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Resource | Pathways into the CTE Teaching Profession: A Descriptive Analysis of Degrees, Licenses, and Race in Maryland
Despite significant interest in Career and Technical Education (CTE), little is known about CTE teachers. Using ten years of Maryland administrative data, we find that almost one-fifth of CTE teachers enter the profession with a high school diploma or associate’s degree, reflecting state policies allowing trade/industry professional experience to substitute for higher degrees. Relatedly, CTE…
Despite significant interest in Career and Technical Education (CTE), little is known about CTE teachers. Using ten years of Maryland administrative data, we find that almost one-fifth of CTE teachers enter the profession with a high school diploma or associate’s degree, reflecting state policies allowing trade/industry professional experience to substitute for higher degrees. Relatedly, CTE…
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Resource | Moving Beyond “Hands-On” Instruction: Preservice Elementary Teachers Focusing on Sensemaking
In our elementary science methods courses, we aim to shift our preservice teachers’ view of science instruction beyond teacher-directed, hands-on “touching and telling,” toward a student-centered approach that emphasizes scientific sensemaking. To that end, we have been emphasizing the sensemaking nature of the eight science and engineering practices (SEPs) defined in the Next Generation Science…
In our elementary science methods courses, we aim to shift our preservice teachers’ view of science instruction beyond teacher-directed, hands-on “touching and telling,” toward a student-centered approach that emphasizes scientific sensemaking. To that end, we have been emphasizing the sensemaking nature of the eight science and engineering practices (SEPs) defined in the Next Generation Science…
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Resource | Moving Beyond “Hands-On” Instruction: Preservice Elementary Teachers Focusing on Sensemaking
In our elementary science methods courses, we aim to shift our preservice teachers’ view of science instruction beyond teacher-directed, hands-on “touching and telling,” toward a student-centered approach that emphasizes scientific sensemaking. To that end, we have been emphasizing the sensemaking nature of the eight science and engineering practices (SEPs) defined in the Next Generation Science…
In our elementary science methods courses, we aim to shift our preservice teachers’ view of science instruction beyond teacher-directed, hands-on “touching and telling,” toward a student-centered approach that emphasizes scientific sensemaking. To that end, we have been emphasizing the sensemaking nature of the eight science and engineering practices (SEPs) defined in the Next Generation Science…
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Resource | Middle School Science Talk: Coupling Natural Language Processing with Classroom Video Analyses to Explore Discursive Resources in Hybrid Spaces
This study applies natural language processing and qualitative classroom video analyses to examine classroom discourse. Guided by hybridity theory, which emphasizes the benefits of blending everyday with academic language practices for expanding students’ opportunities to engage with disciplinary ideas, our study systematically identifies how teachers’ and students’ discursive resources operate…
This study applies natural language processing and qualitative classroom video analyses to examine classroom discourse. Guided by hybridity theory, which emphasizes the benefits of blending everyday with academic language practices for expanding students’ opportunities to engage with disciplinary ideas, our study systematically identifies how teachers’ and students’ discursive resources operate…
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Resource | Large-Scale Online Science and Engineering Professional Learning for Rural Elementary Teachers
Online professional learning (PL) is widely used to help rural teachers overcome geographical isolation and access quality teacher professional learning. Although there are a handful of studies examining the effectiveness of online PL, much of the existing research includes rural teachers without specifically focusing on what effective online PL means for them. In particular, the research offers…
Online professional learning (PL) is widely used to help rural teachers overcome geographical isolation and access quality teacher professional learning. Although there are a handful of studies examining the effectiveness of online PL, much of the existing research includes rural teachers without specifically focusing on what effective online PL means for them. In particular, the research offers…
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Resource | Identity and Power in Physics Teachers’ Discourse About Equity
Gutiérrez’s equity framework, derived from mathematics education research, defines equity in terms of four dimensions: access, achievement, identity, and power. Access and achievement yield outcomes that reify the status quo while identity and power transform schooling to redistribute power. We use Gutiérrez’s equity framework to study discourse about equity from 36 high school physics teachers…
Gutiérrez’s equity framework, derived from mathematics education research, defines equity in terms of four dimensions: access, achievement, identity, and power. Access and achievement yield outcomes that reify the status quo while identity and power transform schooling to redistribute power. We use Gutiérrez’s equity framework to study discourse about equity from 36 high school physics teachers…
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Resource | History, Hope, and Humility in Praxis: Co-determining Priorities for Professional Learning with Content Area Teachers
This study examines an expansive shift in the priorities of professional learning within a collective of high school science teachers, scientists, community organizers, youth, and educational researchers who were working together on classroom science projects grounded in community concerns of environmental racism. Through a participatory design-based approach, we challenge the assumed…
This study examines an expansive shift in the priorities of professional learning within a collective of high school science teachers, scientists, community organizers, youth, and educational researchers who were working together on classroom science projects grounded in community concerns of environmental racism. Through a participatory design-based approach, we challenge the assumed…
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Resource | Beyond Implementation: How Teachers Reflect, Adapt, and Grow with an Innovative Science Curriculum
Innovative science curricula aim to transform classroom instruction by emphasizing socio-scientific issues (SSI), student-centered inquiry, and culturally relevant pedagogy. Engaging with new and innovative curricula has the potential to stretch teachers’ instructional practices when they fully commit to implementation, challenging them to navigate tensions between their existing approaches and…
Innovative science curricula aim to transform classroom instruction by emphasizing socio-scientific issues (SSI), student-centered inquiry, and culturally relevant pedagogy. Engaging with new and innovative curricula has the potential to stretch teachers’ instructional practices when they fully commit to implementation, challenging them to navigate tensions between their existing approaches and…
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Newsletter | October 2025 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, Although NSF is closed during the U.S. government shutdown, proposals continue to be accepted in accordance with published guidelines. Find additional information on NSF operations during the shutdown specific to panelists, proposers, and current awardees and in NSF’s Plan for Operations During a Lapse in Appropriations. This month we are featuring a Spotlight on Data…
Dear Colleagues, Although NSF is closed during the U.S. government shutdown, proposals continue to be accepted in accordance with published guidelines. Find additional information on NSF operations during the shutdown specific to panelists, proposers, and current awardees and in NSF’s Plan for Operations During a Lapse in Appropriations. This month we are featuring a Spotlight on Data…
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Event | Early Math Learning Lightning Roundtables Webinar
CADRE is partnering with the ECR Hub to co-host a virtual lightning roundtable session focused on early math learning. This event will highlight the work of both DRK–12 and ECR PIs. Each PI will give a 5-minute presentation and then dive further into their work during breakout room discussions. DRK–12 Project(s): The Impact of an Inclusive Grades K–2 Early Algebra Intervention Implemented…
CADRE is partnering with the ECR Hub to co-host a virtual lightning roundtable session focused on early math learning. This event will highlight the work of both DRK–12 and ECR PIs. Each PI will give a 5-minute presentation and then dive further into their work during breakout room discussions. DRK–12 Project(s): The Impact of an Inclusive Grades K–2 Early Algebra Intervention Implemented…
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Event | Synthesizing Qualitative Literature: From Research to Practice
REVISE Webinar 3pm - 4pm EST - Presentation | 4pm - 4:30pm EST - Coffee hour (optional) A qualitative meta-synthesis looks across findings from qualitative research literature to answer a synthesis question and construct greater meaning for a topic. This webinar is focused on introducing the informal STEM education (ISE) field to qualitative meta-synthesis and its purposes, practicality, and…
REVISE Webinar 3pm - 4pm EST - Presentation | 4pm - 4:30pm EST - Coffee hour (optional) A qualitative meta-synthesis looks across findings from qualitative research literature to answer a synthesis question and construct greater meaning for a topic. This webinar is focused on introducing the informal STEM education (ISE) field to qualitative meta-synthesis and its purposes, practicality, and…
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Project Spotlight | Data Literacy and Data Science Education
In this month's Spotlight, nine projects share how they are innovating teaching and learning with and about data in STEM education. They offer insights into the kinds of data students and teachers are engaging with, tools they are using to visualize and analyze data, instruments being used to measure knowledge and skills related to data literacy and data science, and more. In a blog post,…
In this month's Spotlight, nine projects share how they are innovating teaching and learning with and about data in STEM education. They offer insights into the kinds of data students and teachers are engaging with, tools they are using to visualize and analyze data, instruments being used to measure knowledge and skills related to data literacy and data science, and more. In a blog post,…
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Announcement | NSF During the U.S. Government Shutdown
The following message is posted on NSF's website: Due to a lapse in appropriations, NSF is closed. NSF will continue to accept proposals in accordance with published guidelines. Find additional information for Panelists, Proposers, and Recipients and complete information about NSF’s contingency plan.
The following message is posted on NSF's website: Due to a lapse in appropriations, NSF is closed. NSF will continue to accept proposals in accordance with published guidelines. Find additional information for Panelists, Proposers, and Recipients and complete information about NSF’s contingency plan.
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Event | NSF Supplemental Funding Opportunities for Expanding K-12 Resources for AI Education
Learn about NSF supplemental funding opportunities for expanding K-12 resources for AI education in an upcoming NSF webinar, October 9 at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register: https://www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-supplemental-funding-opportunities-expanding-k-12/2025-10-09 #AIEd #EdResearch
Learn about NSF supplemental funding opportunities for expanding K-12 resources for AI education in an upcoming NSF webinar, October 9 at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register: https://www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-supplemental-funding-opportunities-expanding-k-12/2025-10-09 #AIEd #EdResearch
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Newsletter | September 2025 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, While the DRK–12 Program is archived and will not accept new proposals, NSF continues to announce new DRK–12 awards from the 2024 solicitation. Meanwhile, those who might ordinarily submit a proposal to DRK–12 are encouraged to consider NSF’s new program, NSF STEM K–12. NSF hosted a webinar earlier this month to provide an overview of FY2026 funding opportunities available…
Dear Colleagues, While the DRK–12 Program is archived and will not accept new proposals, NSF continues to announce new DRK–12 awards from the 2024 solicitation. Meanwhile, those who might ordinarily submit a proposal to DRK–12 are encouraged to consider NSF’s new program, NSF STEM K–12. NSF hosted a webinar earlier this month to provide an overview of FY2026 funding opportunities available…
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Resource | An Instructional Framework for Teaching STEM to Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
Answering questions and solving problems are critical skills that affect the quality of life for all people. The content areas of science and engineering traditionally and most directly address the processes of inquiry and problem-solving. While there is an increasing body of research surrounding teaching academic content (i.e., mathematics and science) as well as skills that are critical to…
Answering questions and solving problems are critical skills that affect the quality of life for all people. The content areas of science and engineering traditionally and most directly address the processes of inquiry and problem-solving. While there is an increasing body of research surrounding teaching academic content (i.e., mathematics and science) as well as skills that are critical to…
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Resource | Developing Inclusive Engineering Opportunities
Historically, children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities (ID) and extensive support needs (ESN; individuals who require ongoing, intensive assistance in many areas of life) have been largely excluded from meaningful participation in STEM instruction. A focal point of this project was to investigate the behaviors of both teachers and students during the implementation of an…
Historically, children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities (ID) and extensive support needs (ESN; individuals who require ongoing, intensive assistance in many areas of life) have been largely excluded from meaningful participation in STEM instruction. A focal point of this project was to investigate the behaviors of both teachers and students during the implementation of an…
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Announcement | NSF Research Security Training Requirement Effective October 10, 2025
NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to NSF Research Security Policies, including the requirement of research security training for proposers and individuals identified as senior/key personnel.
NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to NSF Research Security Policies, including the requirement of research security training for proposers and individuals identified as senior/key personnel.
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Resource | Project Bees Flyer
Project Bees is a NSF DRK-12 (#2515930) three-year project with the goal of focusing on teachers' development of engineering practices, including how teachers support their students' development of engineering-focused behaviors and mindsets through instruction. Through the use of research-based engineering curriculum, Youth Engineering Solutions (YES.mos.org) and the use of Universal Design and…
Project Bees is a NSF DRK-12 (#2515930) three-year project with the goal of focusing on teachers' development of engineering practices, including how teachers support their students' development of engineering-focused behaviors and mindsets through instruction. Through the use of research-based engineering curriculum, Youth Engineering Solutions (YES.mos.org) and the use of Universal Design and…
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Project Spotlight | Life Sciences Education
In this Spotlight, we highlight innovations and research in life sciences teaching and learning. Five projects describe the specific subdisciplines and practices they focus on, unique challenges and opportunities they've observed in this field, the scientific and technological advances they're leveraging, and how they've incorporated ethical considerations into their work. The Spotlight also…
In this Spotlight, we highlight innovations and research in life sciences teaching and learning. Five projects describe the specific subdisciplines and practices they focus on, unique challenges and opportunities they've observed in this field, the scientific and technological advances they're leveraging, and how they've incorporated ethical considerations into their work. The Spotlight also…
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Resource | Teacher Feedback Guiding Professional Development Programs: A 2-Year Field Trial Integrating Science and Language with Multilingual Learners
Since the release of A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there has been an urgent need for teacher professional development (PD) programs that support the implementation of NGSS-aligned curriculum materials and address the unique strengths and needs of diverse student groups, including multilingual learners (MLs). The purpose of this…
Since the release of A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there has been an urgent need for teacher professional development (PD) programs that support the implementation of NGSS-aligned curriculum materials and address the unique strengths and needs of diverse student groups, including multilingual learners (MLs). The purpose of this…
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Resource | Solarizing Your School: Engineering Design in Students’ Authentic Epistemic Practices of Adopting Renewable Energy
Engineering design has been widely implemented in K-12 curricula to cultivate future workforce. In this study, seventh-grade students (N = 38) participated in the Solarizing Your School curriculum, an action-oriented program where they engaged in engineering design processes to tackle a real-world problem related to renewable energy adoption. The study sought to explore how students…
Engineering design has been widely implemented in K-12 curricula to cultivate future workforce. In this study, seventh-grade students (N = 38) participated in the Solarizing Your School curriculum, an action-oriented program where they engaged in engineering design processes to tackle a real-world problem related to renewable energy adoption. The study sought to explore how students…
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Resource | Solarizing Your School: Engineering Design in Students’ Authentic Epistemic Practices of Adopting Renewable Energy
Engineering design has been widely implemented in K-12 curricula to cultivate future workforce. In this study, seventh-grade students (N = 38) participated in the Solarizing Your School curriculum, an action-oriented program where they engaged in engineering design processes to tackle a real-world problem related to renewable energy adoption. The study sought to explore how students…
Engineering design has been widely implemented in K-12 curricula to cultivate future workforce. In this study, seventh-grade students (N = 38) participated in the Solarizing Your School curriculum, an action-oriented program where they engaged in engineering design processes to tackle a real-world problem related to renewable energy adoption. The study sought to explore how students…
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Resource | Should We…? Embracing Justice-Oriented Climate Education in Elementary Science Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation programs need to consider how to support elementary science teachers in developing their knowledge related to environmental and climate justice. Working with children to determine steps they can take together with their community to address and mitigate local environmental justice issues can seem daunting, especially if teachers have not had opportunities to plan and adapt…
Teacher preparation programs need to consider how to support elementary science teachers in developing their knowledge related to environmental and climate justice. Working with children to determine steps they can take together with their community to address and mitigate local environmental justice issues can seem daunting, especially if teachers have not had opportunities to plan and adapt…
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