Recent media coverage

May 7, 2010: Dr. Angelo Collins talks about KSTF’s mission and the work of KSTF Fellows in a Wire Side Chat entitled “Training the Next Generation of Science and Math Teachers” on EducationWorld.com.

April 22, 2010: TheApple.com highlighted 2008 KSTF Teaching Fellow Amol Patel’s work with podcasts in the classroom and the technology's positive impact on student learning. The story includes Amol’s tips for teachers to successfully use podcasts.

April 16, 2010: KSTF Executive Director Dr. Angelo Collins discussed KSTF’s mission on Philadelphia’s WHAT-AM Radio.

April 16, 2010: WRTV-ABC Indianapolis profiled “Off the Grid,” 2006 KSTF Teaching Fellow Aaron Debbink’s environmentally-conscious physics lesson. Watch as Aaron’s students use a bicycle generator to power their classroom. Aaron’s lesson was also the focus of a feature story in Pendleton, Indiana’s The Herald Bulletin.

March 18, 2010:  Philadelphia’s The Intelligencer profiled 2007 Mathematics Teaching Fellow Lindsay Konell, who has put her students’ geometry skills to work by giving them a project with a real-world application: designing mathematically-sound packaging for a giant version of the famed Nabisco’s Oreo cookie.

March 17, 2010:  Philadelphia Daily News ran a feature story about 2007 Physical Science Teaching Fellow Rosalind Echols and her use of SEPTA's trains, buses and trolleys to help her students understand Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion.  The story draws a powerful connection between Rosalind’s success as a teacher and her KSTF Fellowship.

March 16, 2010:  The Davis Enterprise wrote about KSTF Teaching Alumnus Zach Ronneberg and his work with UC Davis' Energy Program Youth Corps on a classroom unit in which his students performed energy audits of their homes. The story highlights students’ goal to reduce personal energy use.

March 14, 2010: KYW Newsradio 1060, the CBS radio news affiliate for Philadelphia, interviewed KSTF Executive Director Dr. Angelo Collins about the foundation’s participation in this year’s National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) conference.
 
March 13, 2010: KSTF Executive Director Dr. Angelo Collins was featured in an in-depth Q&A piece on OurBlook, a collaborative web resource created and used by academics, public policy officials, and journalists. Dr. Collins speaks about a broad range of topics from the national shortage of teachers and online learning to the future of American education.

February 25, 2010: KSTF Alumnus Zach Ronneberg was the featured guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour, a net cast that is part of the This Week in Technology Network (TWIT.TV). Throughout the course of the interview, Zach discusses his experience as a KSTF Teaching Fellow and his project-based learning lessons, which range from ‘America’s Next Top Science Rock Star’ to energy audits his students are conducting with UC Berkeley. 

February 25, 2010: eSchoolNews.com featured KSTF Alumnus Casey O’Hara in a story on encouraging students to pursue STEM careers.

February 8, 2010: PCNow.edu, the online news outlet for Providence College, featured 2009 KSTF Teaching Fellow Kelly Melendez Loaiza.

January 4, 2010: KKZZ AM 1400, a Los Angeles-based news radio station, aired an interview with KSTF Executive Director Dr. Angelo Collins.  Dr. Collins discusses the mission and key goals behind the formation of KSTF and the foundation’s continuous efforts to improve the quality of math and science education in the United States.

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