$125K Awarded to ASU to Increase K-12 STEM Teachers in High-Need Schools


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$125K Awarded to ASU to Increase K-12 STEM Teachers in High-Need Schools | Alabama State University

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An interdisciplinary team led by Dr. B.K. Robertson, professor of Microbiology and director of Graduate Programs and EnvironMentors in the Department of Biological Sciences at Alabama State University, has received a one-year $125,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant was made possible through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) and is designed to expand STEM (science, technology engineering and mathematics) in partner school districts.

"This grant will expand our reach to current students and help diversify the teacher population in high-need schools,” Robertson said. "This will increase the number of K-12 highly qualified, culturally reflective STEM teachers in the high-need, Black Belt region of Alabama. This capacity-building grant will open new pathways to teaching careers.”

Robertson is the principal investigator on the team, which includes co-principal investigators Dr. Gulnaz Javan, ASU’s nationally acclaimed expert on forensic science; Dr. Lisa Cothran, associate professor of psychology; and Dr. Alethea Hampton, associate professor in the College of Education.
 
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Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say
Cause they're the ones who's coming up and the world is in their hands
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