Jodi Asbell-Clarke Featured in EdWeek’s Series on Student Success
Jodi Asbell-Clarke, a senior leader at TERC, is featured in Larry Ferlazzo’s latest EdWeek series on how educators turn challenges into breakthrough moments. Jodi shares a powerful story about how project-based learning unlocked a student’s deep knowledge and passion for geography, civics, and media literacy.
Early Childhood Data Science Discussions (virtual) 4/14 or 5/8
Marisa Wolsky, Executive Producer and Director of Children’s STEM Media, GBH and Andee Rubin, Principal Scientist, TERC announced two upcoming virtual discussions: Advancing the Field of Data Science in the Early Childhood Years, to be held via Zoom.
TERC Staff at the 2025 NARST Annual International Conference, March 23–26, 2025
The focus of the 2025 NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) conference is centralize, emphasize, and praise the work science teachers do that enables and inspires the efforts of science education researchers. "There is no science teaching without science teachers." TERC staff are participating in the following presentations and workshops.
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.
Climate and Equity Education: A Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching
Explore climate change impacts, share teaching strategies, and connect with fellow educators—all while soaking in the serene beauty of nature.
TERC’s Folashade Solomon receives one of 8 New Research Grants from the Wallace Foundation
Exploring Community Based Dance Centers as Learning Ecologies, will partner with four community-based dance centers serving Black youth
Math and Making in the Garden project finds success in afterschool program
The Math and Making in the Garden project aims to develop the promising relationship between TERC staff and Family Connections Centers (FCC) through the adaptation of math and making activities with a focus on the outdoors in the FCC Homework Club
The Institute for Meta-Synthesis (IMS) releases new user guide: An Introduction to Qualitative Meta-Synthesis: A Method for Equity-Minded Researchers
In this user guide, researchers from TERC’s Institute for Meta-Synthesis offer step-by-step guidance for building knowledge and skills in qualitative meta-synthesis methods.
Andee Rubin to present “Human-Centered AI: Developing Programs for Fostering Agency, Creativity, and Connection”
Based on a workshop at the ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) conference in September 2024, Andee Rubin will focus on the theme of agency with respect to AI. Attend the zoom workshop at 1PM ET/10AM PT, Tuesday, October 22 The workshop was organized by Andee’s long-time colleague Dorothy Bennett of the New York Hall of Science and was presented in three parts: Presentations about agency-based perspectives on AI (including one by Andee on data in AI and one by REVISE’s Sana Karim on Digital Promise’s AI Framework) Use case experiences with three AI tools: Teachable Machine, » Read more