This fall I will be participating in the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program, which aims to inspire students to be curious about STEM fields. I'll be paired with a school kid and we'll exchange letters throughout the year. In preparation for letter writing, the program offers training on the systemic challenges that public education faces. I thought I would share a few of those resources here for those curious about systemic racism in public schooling, the science-gap in rural education, and ways to value and enhance skills/aptitudes that students already have as they learn what STEM is all about.
This TED Talk by Kandice Sumner is fantastic. I like the way she explains the challenges of teaching and learning with fewer resources and how we should be providing equal opportunity within public education. The 'achievement gap' is actually an education debt. She helped me see letter writing as part of paying that education debt. An article about science in rural America. An article about science equity nationally. An article about STEM camp and ways of helping students identify their own strengths and daily growth, providing external affirmation, and providing opportunities for students to identify with STEM.
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AuthorSierra is a graduate student in the Barger Lab at CU Boulder studying microbial ecology for dryland restoration. Archives
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