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Summer 2015 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: We've begun summer with a lot of enthusiasm about the coming year. Please save the date of June 1-3, 2016 for the DR K-12 PI Meeting to take place in…
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Fall 2015 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: The fall has been busy and productive for CADRE. First, you may notice that this newsletter and our website have a new look and feel! We're currently…
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Winter 2016 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: Happy New Year!   We are starting the year with a commitment to disseminating your findings and resources in many different ways.   We have begun…
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Spring 2016 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: If you haven't heard, we lost a very well respected NSF colleague, Dr. Janice Earle, who was program director for many of us over several decades.…
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Summer 2016 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: All our appreciation goes to June's DR K-12 PI Meeting participants. In this issue, we highlight some of the information, ideas, and resources that…
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Fall 2016 Newsletter Dear Colleagues: While it isn't completely clear how the new presidency will impact education policy, schools, and students, those of us in the DR K-12 community will…
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2016-17 Publications The following publications were submitted by DR K-12 project members. Find publications below by topic: Engineering | Math | Science | Science & Math | Science &…
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Winter 2017 Newsletter Special Issue: Dissemination Dear Colleagues,   As we each grapple with how to best achieve our desired project outcomes and impacts, CADRE has pulled together some…
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Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   This newsletter highlights the work of DRK-12 projects, particularly those developing products for the practice of scientific modeling and…
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Summer 2017 Updates Dear Colleagues,   We hope that you are all having a great summer! We invite you to take a break from your summer reading list to glance at the new CADRE Early Career…
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September 2017 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   CADRE is happy to welcome a new cohort of DRK-12 awardees. The new projects are already represented on the CADRE website. We invite you to explore…
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October 2017 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   Please join us in welcoming the 2017-18 CADRE Fellows! Their bios are accessible below. Over the next year, we may invite you to share your…
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November 2017 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   To close out November, we are excited to share a new product, developed in collaboration with DRK-12 awardees, which offers practical design…
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December 2017 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   We wish you all happy holidays and a new year! As we close out 2017, we are taking a moment to send you some CADRE and DRK-12 highlights from the…
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January 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   We are excitedly preparing for the 2018 DRK-12 PI Meeting. The planning committee is working on the agenda, including designing strategies to…
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February 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   CADRE has opened registration for the 2018 DRK–12 PI Meeting to invited DRK–12 and STEM+C PIs. (Note: a reminder invitation will be sent out later…
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March 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues,   Now that the 2018 US budget has just passed with increased research spending, we can focus on NSF's 2019 Budget Request to Congress. As you look at a…
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April 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, It has been a busy spring for CADRE and the DRK-12 community who have been working hard on dissemination and outreach efforts. Representatives from DRK…
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May 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The CADRE Team has been busy preparing for the June 6-8 2018 DRK-12 PI Meeting. For those who aren't able to attend, we invite you to view the agenda and…
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June 2018 Newsletter: Special DRK-12 PI Meeting Issue This special edition newsletter shares resources from the 2018 DRK-12 Meeting, held June 6-8, 2018. The Keynotes NSF Welcome (Robert…
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July 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, News keeps coming in from NSF! They recently announced a number of ways that researchers can positively influence the future of preK-12 STEM education…
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August 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We've heard! CADRE has been awarded a grant to continue serving the DRK-12 program and its awardees for another two years. Here's what we know. We…
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September 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We received many qualified applicants for the 2018-19 CADRE Fellows program and will announce acceptances in our October newsletter. Thank you to…
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October 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Concurrent to our release of two new products focused on broadening participation in STEM education (see below), the National Academies has announced…
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November 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, October was National Disabilities Awareness Month, and December 3 is International Day of Disabled Persons. So this month, CADRE is featuring DRK-12…
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December 2018 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, In 2018 ... Approximately 56.6 million students were expected to attend elementary and secondary schools—the majority of whom are nonwhite. Public…
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January 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Happy new year. As the government shutdown continues, we want to remind you that NSF announced that it is still accepting project reports. NSF has…
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February 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, In this newsletter, we feature current DRK-12 projects doing research on assessment and learning technologies, as well as share a framing piece by…
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March 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, This month, we are celebrating International Women's Day and Women's History Month by highlighting women and girls in STEM (@UN_Women; #WomenInScience…
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April 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We are saddened to share the news that Julio Lopez-Ferrao passed away on March 25. Julio had been a DRK-12 program officer since the inception of the…
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May 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Save the date! The 2020 DRK-12 PI Meeting will be held June 3-5, 2020, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Invitations will…
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June 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Many of you may be thinking about your next NSF DRK-12 proposal submission now that the deadline (November 13, 2019) is less than five months away. This…
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July 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, This month's Spotlight focuses on improving science and mathematics education in rural America. Though rural areas differ, they often share similar assets…
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August 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The 2019 DRK-12 grants have been awarded, and new projects are beginning. Welcome to all the new members of the CADRE community! We send a special…
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September 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, This month we are featuring DRK-12 projects with a focus on STEM pathways. Though there may not be consensus of what constitutes a STEM job, we might…
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October 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the 2019-20 CADRE Fellows, selected from an outstanding pool of applicants. We look forward to learning more about their…
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November 2019 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, This month, we spotlight research on supporting teachers in choosing, adapting, and/or developing STEM instructional materials. Teachers are…
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December 2019 Newsletter Looking Back ... There were some exciting STEM achievements in 2019, such as the imaging of a black hole and the first all-female spacewalk. NSF managed to make a lot…
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January 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, We are greatly saddened to share the news that Dr. Karen King passed away in December. Among her many accomplishments, Karen was a key DRK-12 and…
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February 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, DRK-12 projects are out and about sharing their work. In this month's Spotlight, read about projects focused on improving STEM education for…
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March 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Since our lives are saturated with COVID-19 concerns, we're starting this newsletter with good news. CADRE is happy to announce the early career…
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April 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The current pandemic is making it impossible to ignore the health, economic, and educational disparities in our country. At the same time, current…
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May 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Congratulations and a warm welcome to the newest DRK-12 award winners. Also, congratulations to DRK-12 STEM for All Video Showcase award winners and all…
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June 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbert, and Rayshard Brooks, as well as countless others, have shone a spotlight on the…
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July 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, In 2018, NSF and IES released a companion to the Common Guidelines which identifies principles to help education stakeholders design and report…
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August 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The demand for data skills is growing across industries and disciplines. Understanding how to analyze and interpret data will not only be critical for…
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September 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The CADRE Fellows nominations are open! Please spread the word about this professional growth opportunity for early career researchers.…
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October 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Building strong foundations for STEM literacy, one of the goals outlined in the federal STEM education strategic plan, includes investing in our…
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November 2020 Newsletter Dear Colleagues, The new CADRE Fellows are getting to know each other this week at the virtual program orientation. Selecting a cohort of 2020-21 Fellows from among a…
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December 2020 Newsletter NSF program officer and DRK-12 program lead, Michael Steele, opens our year-end newsletter with a message for the DRK-12 community.  To the Discovery Research PreK-12…