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New TERC Tech Talks Video Podcast Evaluates AI Tools for Educators
TERC has launched TERC Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
Hands On! Spring 2025 Magazine
Articles include:
- Sound Travels: Seeking to understand how soundscapes in learning settings influence their visitors’ learning
- Introduction: Making and STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
- Discovering STEM, entrepreneurship, and careers through making
- Math and Making for Middle School Youth
New Publication Shows What’s Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K–5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
TERC Announces Christine Reich as New President
Christine Reich, PhD will join TERC as its president on July 1, 2025. A distinguished educator, social science researcher, and former museum executive, Reich brings a deep commitment to advancing STEM education opportunities for all learners.
Project LEAP’s Maria Blanton and Angela Gardiner featured in EdWeek
Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
Caregivers Centered in New STEM Study
February 23, 2026
A new study by TERC researchers and their colleagues highlights how caregivers in a family-focused engineering program actively supported their own and their children’s interests. The findings call for STEM initiatives that center family voices and build on the strengths and interests caregivers already bring to learning. Read the study here.
Kelly Paulson Named Judge for 2026 Educating All Learners Alliance New Champions Fund
February 19, 2026
TERC is proud to share that Kelly Paulson has been selected as a judge...Kelly Paulson Participates at Educating All Learners Alliance Community of Action
January 30, 2026
ND in STEM team member Kelly had the privilege of attending the EALA, an...
I loved the camaraderie, the ability to deepen and strengthen my work in a non-competitive, safe space… The regular and structured discussions with TERC mentors were very helpful to my growth as a scholar.”