NEF CyberLearning Sets Up New STEM+ Academies at Meade Middle School (MD)
(PRWEB) August 29, 2013 -- Meade Middle School, one of 19 middle schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland that serves over 75,000 students has been selected as participating school in the NEF-TEKSystems partnership program. In conjunction with one of the goals of Anne Arundel County schools this partnership is an opportunity for the development of a public-private partnership that aims to provide the highest level of academic achievement possible for the students of Meade Middle School.
Other selected school districts include: Salida and Garvey (CA), Wendell (ID), Merrillville (IN), Kansas City (KS), Dallas and Laredo (TX), Center Line and Mesick (MI), Canton (NY), Tri-Valley (PA), Williamsburg (SC), and Seattle (WA). All these school districts are in high poverty areas and are classified as disadvantaged by the US Education Department.
The goal of this initiative is to close the STEM+ (science, technology, engineering, math, English, social studies, SAT/ACT, IT and business) skills gap in the United States. By creating an effective school-nonprofit-university-business partnership, NEF can more effectively provide 21st century STEM+ education to disadvantaged K-12 students. The initiative also focuses on supporting the larger American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) to keep the United States competitive in critical STEM-related fields.
The innovative academy program advances a student one grade level in a subject in 20-30 learning hours by providing personalized learning, teacher stipends, learning management system, mentoring, motivational rewards for students and parents, teacher training and tech support.
“U.S. is ranked 25th out of 34 countries in math and 17th out of 34 countries in science.” NEF has been advocating school-college-business partnerships to improve the critical STEM+ education in our nation’s schools since 2012. President Obama advocated such a partnership in the 2013 State of the Union speech.
About NEF
The National Education Foundation (NEF) is the national non-profit leader in bridging the academic and job skills divides by providing world-class STEM+ (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, English, test prep, digital literacy, IT, business and management) education to millions of disadvantaged students and adults. See http://www.cyberlearning.org.
Appu Kuttan, Cyber Learning, http://www.cyberlearning.org, +1 (703) 823-9999, [email protected]
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