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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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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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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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January 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We’re happy to welcome a new year with optimism: optimism, in part, that we will be able to continue to respond to aspects of our recent national…
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January 2022 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
In this month’s newsletter, we are excited to announce the 2022 CADRE Fellows! Thank you to the reviewers who helped identify this year’s cohort from…
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January 2023 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Happy New Year! As we look at our plans for 2023—including the CADRE Learning Series, CADRE Fellows program, 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting, new outreach,…
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January 2024 Newsletter
Happy 2024 DRK-12 PI Community!
Letter from NSF Program Directors
While we are starting a new year, we would like to acknowledge your remarkable efforts and…
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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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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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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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July 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
The National Academies report, Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future, calls on communities across our nation to…
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July 2022 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
NSF receives many Design and Development proposals but fewer DRK-12 proposals for Exploratory projects. This month we're featuring a Spotlight on…
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July 2023 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to be back with our newsletter after taking a brief hiatus last month to focus on the 2023 DRK-12 PI Meeting. It was a pleasure to see…
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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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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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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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June 2021 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
With over 500 registrants, the 2021 DRK-12 PI Meeting was our largest meeting ever! Aspiring, new, and experienced DRK-12 awardees, NSF staff, and guests…
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June 2022 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
Happy summer, and welcome to the most recent new awardees! For those preparing to submit proposals for the next DRK-12 deadline (October 5, 2022), we…
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Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET)
Elementary School
Science…
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Knowledge Synthesis on STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
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Language-rich Inquiry Science with English Language Learners (LISELL)
Middle School
Science
Allan Cohen…
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Language-Rich Inquiry Science with English Language Learners (LISELL)
Middle School
High School
Science…
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Language-Rich Inquiry Science with English Language Learners Through Biotechnology (LISELL-B)
Middle School
Science…
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Learning about Ecosystems Science and Complex Causality through Experimentation in a Virtual World
Middle School
High School
Science…
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Learning about Viral Epidemics through Engagement with Different Types of Models
Middle School
Science
This project…
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Learning Labs: Using Videos, Exemplary STEM Instruction and Online Teacher Collaboration to Enhance K-2 Mathematics and Science Practice and Classroom Discourse
Elementary School…
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Learning Mathematics of the City in the City
High School
Mathematics
Technology
Laurie Rubel…
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Learning Physics in a Synergistic Scaffolded Programming Environment
High School
STEM+C
Science
Technology…
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Learning Progressions for Scientific Inquiry: A Model Implementation in the Context of Energy
Elementary School
Science…
Learning Progressions in Science: Analyzing and Deconstructing the Multiple Dimensions in Assessment
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Learning Progressions in Science: Analyzing and Deconstructing the Multiple Dimensions in Assessment
Middle School
Science…
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Learning Science as Inquiry with the Urban Advantage: Formal-Informal Collaborations to Increase Science Literacy and Student Learning
Middle School…
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Learning Trajectories as a Complete Early Mathematics Intervention: Achieving Efficacies of Economies at Scale
Pre-Kindergarten
Mathematics…
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Learning Trajectories to Support the Growth of Measurement Knowledge: Pre-K Through Middle School
Elementary School
Middle School…
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Leveling Up: Supporting and Measuring High School STEM Knowledge Building in Social Digital Games
High School
Science
Technology…
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Leveling Up: Supporting and Measuring High School STEM Knowledge Building in Social Digital Games
High School
Science
Technology…
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Leveraging Dynamically Linked Representations in a Semi-Structured Workspace to Cultivate Mathematical Modeling Competencies Among Secondary Students (M2Studio)
Middle School…
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Leveraging MIPOs: Developing a Theory of Productive Use of Student Mathematical Thinking (Collaborative Research)
Middle School
High School…
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Leveraging Simulations in Preservice Preparation to Improve Mathematics Teaching for Students with Disabilities (Collaborative Research: Cohen and Jones)
Elementary School…
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Leveraging the Power of Reflection and Visual Representation in Middle-Schoolers' Learning During and After an Informal Science Experience (Collaborative Research: Dickes)
Middle…
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Locally Adaptable Instructional Materials and Professional Learning Design for Place-based Elementary Science
Elementary School
Science…
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LOCUS: Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics
Middle School
High School
Mathematics
Jeff…
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Logging Opportunities in Online Programs for Science (LOOPS): Student and Teacher Learning
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
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Logging Opportunities in Online Programs for Science (LOOPS): Student and Teacher Learning
Middle School
Science
Technology…
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Managing Uncertainty for Productive Struggle: Exploring Teacher Development for Managing Students' Epistemic Uncertainty as a Pedagogical Resource in Project-based Learning…
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Mapping, Clarifying, and Communicating Key Ideas about Collaborative Learning
Pre-Kindergarten
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
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Mapping Developmental Trajectories of Students' Conceptions of Integers
Elementary School
Middle School
Mathematics…
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Mapping Developmental Trajectories of Students' Conceptions of Integers
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
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Mapping Developmental Trajectories of Students' Conceptions of Integers
Elementary School
Middle School
High School…
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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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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…