On Tuesday, November 25th, all Gateway Science Academy locations in Saint Louis were closed due to local unrest. Art teachers Breanna Cashel (GSA-Smiley) and Meagan Impellizzeri (GSA-South) spent the day helping heal the community by painting boarded windows on a stretch of South Grand damaged the night before. Store owners wanted to share that the […]
“Poverty of love causes so much violence. When you truly got love, and you know you got love, it helps you function better, you feel better about yourself, you care more about other people, you care about the neighborhood you’re from.” –Common (Chicago Magazine, Oct. 2014) This quote from the socially-conscious rapper Common resonates so […]
Yes, the advice in this blog comes from gasp, a charter school. But any school interested in building a college-bound school culture can implement some of these tools and strategies. If you want your students to ask not “Will I go to college?” but rather “Where will I go to college?” then read on. Chicago Math […]
Students at Chicago Math and Science Academy enjoy new school supplies donated by Morningstar. This school year, for the first time in history, there will be more minority students than white students in K-12 schools in America. Should that really be surprising, seeing as in 2012 the U.S. Census Bureau predicted that whites will become […]
This past March, Concept Schools had the privilege of hosting Mr. Bill Badders, President of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), as a keynote speaker at the 1st Annual STEM Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Badders addressed the audience of over 300 STEM educators and industry experts on the topic of “Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core, Literacy, […]
“The cognitive-science research suggested a startling cause of Americans’ innumeracy: school.” —Elizabeth Green, “Why Does America Stink at Math?” Have you seen the recent New York Times article “Why Does America Stink at Math?” making the rounds on the Web? It’s definitely worth a read. The take-home message is that, as a nation, we suffer from “innumeracy” or “quantitative deficiency.” The […]
HSA-Columbus 2009 alumnus Dorma Flemister graduated from MIT on June 6, 2014 This school year marked two historic firsts for the Concept Schools network—which includes 30 schools in 6 Midwest states and which began in 1999—and both are from Horizon Science Academy Columbus, a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. We could not be prouder of […]
Recent research conducted by the Girl Scouts of the USA shows that 74% of teenage girls are interested in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math). But nearly as many girls surveyed in the report say that STEM careers are not their first choice and that they do not know enough about the fields of study. This […]
(View the photo gallery of the Concept Schools Student Art Exhibit at the US Department of Education) Partial Summary of Speech “Schools are turning their STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to STEAM—add the A for Art! Art is now being seen as important in the science field because without creativity, how can you solve […]
“A STEM education is a pathway to prosperity – not just for you as an individual but for America as a whole…We need you in our classrooms, labs and key government agencies to help solve our biggest challenges, and that’s why we are investing heavily to promote STEM education.” —U.S. Secretary of Education Arne […]