Education

A Vision of Stars, Grounded in the Dust of Rural India, NY Times“Anupam Kumar, 17, is the eldest son of a scooter-rickshaw driver. Anupam is good at math. He has […]

NASA Kills Space Academy Procurement (Earlier post) Editor’s note: On 3 June 2005 I sent an email regarding the cancellation of “Plan for Prioritizing Teacher Training, Integrating Existing Math and […]

Editor’s note: It has been a week and a half since I posted this comment on 5 June 2005 and requested some background information from NASA. Other than a short […]

Reader comment:“I am a physics/computer science HS teacher, and have been getting students involved directly with NASA scientists and engineers through the NASA Student Involvement Program. The program, which has […]

The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) Mid-Atlantic Chapter Introduces Annual Internship Stipend Program“The SSPI’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter announced today that it will award a $500 – $1,000 stipend to one […]

Remarks at the funeral of NASA’s Get Away Special Program – An open letter to Dr. Michael Griffin“But what is the educational community supposed to do…just forget about the space […]

NASA Ames to Host Thousands of Students for Annual Jason Event“Starting Monday, Jan. 31, and continuing through Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, the main auditorium at NASA Ames Research Center, located […]

31 October 2004: NASA’s future explorers, The Times and Democrat“Twenty years from now, when NASA launches its first manned mission to Mars, today’s middle school students would be just the […]

Officials activate National Security Space Institute“Air Force Space Command officials stood up a space education and training organization here recently that they said will provide the foundation to creating a […]

2 September 2004: NASA scientists provide opportunity to educate the next generation, NASA ARC “On Sept. 7, 2004, in collaboration with San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif., the Computing, […]