The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued “Building the Bioscience Pipeline,” a 28-page “snapshot” of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. The programs profiled in the report represent some of the most promising models for the advancement…

The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued "Building the Bioscience Pipeline," a 28-page "snapshot" of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. In addition to providing an overview, the report includes a number of recommendations to improve current…

Teams composed of high school students, teachers, and mentors have the opportunity to receive grants up to $10,000 to research and develop an invention. InvenTeams was launched in 2002 as a way to excite high school students about science, math,…

[Source: eSchool News] — In a downtown hotel in New Orleans in mid-January, nearly two dozen math experts from around the nation gathered to report on their progress toward recommendations that could shape the future of math instruction in U.S.…

[Justin Appel, Assistant Editor, eSchool News] — For the second year in a row, students and teachers who responded to a national survey on educational technology expressed a strong desire for schools to focus more on the integration of technology…

[Source: Heidi Rowley, Tucson Citizen] — Six hundred students from Arizona gathered during the weekend to participate in science and math competitions ranging from launching bottle rockets to designing a roller coaster. Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Day is an annual…

Though not yet a major player in the biosciences, Arizona is “doing all of the right things” to attract industry and become a national force in the biosciences, said James C. Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization…