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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
Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Climate and Equity Institute, July 26 – August 1, 2026 at the Schoodic Institute in Maine.
December 30, 2025
This all-expenses-paid program is open to high school educators integrating climate and equity into their classrooms. Apply here by March 16, 2026!
TERC Presents on Supporting Early Math Through Co-Educators
December 23, 2025
The presentation shared how a research project used a professional development curriculum to help...Maria Blanton of TERC delivered a virtual keynote address titled “From Learning Progressions to Curricular Progressions: Building an Effective Early Algebra Approach for Elementary Grades” on December 5.
December 22, 2025
The keynote was presented at the conference Learning Trajectory and Its Implications for Curriculum and Instruction Reform, hosted by Hangzhou Normal University in China.
TERC stands as a beacon of hope that it’s possible to do really cool things in the classroom.”