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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
New Article Examines Machine Learning Understanding in a High School Healthcare AI Curriculum
August 17, 2026
TERC researchers Michael Cassidy and James Hammerman, with collaborators, recently published “Assessing Machine Learning Understanding in High School Healthcare AI Curriculum” in Frontiers in Computer Science. The article explores how a healthcare-focused AI curriculum supported high school students’ learning, with students making meaningful progress in understanding foundational machine learning concepts. Download the article here.
Vote for TERC’s SXSW EDU Panel!
August 7, 2026
We're excited to be part of the proposed SXSW EDU session, "Beyond Co-design: Building...New App from Sound Travels Explores How Sound Shapes Focus
July 29, 2026
Explore an interactive experience from TERC's Sound Travels project that invites you to think...
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.”