Today is HISD’s State of the Schools luncheon/speech, and Jennifer Radcliffe gives us that information in this nice story on HISD’s efforts to improve science education.
Children do love science, when it is made interesting and hands-on, but schools have to get them early:
The lesson in magnetism played out last week in one of nearly 120 new labs built in elementary schools across the district — part of a $4 million undertaking designed to help beef up a curriculum that’s been lagging for years.
Improving elementary science will be key in creating the “college-bound culture” that HISD Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra will outline in today’s annual State of the Schools address. Among his announcements will be an effort to increase math and science training for elementary teachers.
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