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NE STEM 4U: An Out-of-School Time Academic Program to Improve Achievement of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Youth in STEM Areas
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Cutucache, Christine E.; Luhr, Jamie L.; Nelson, Kari L.; Grandgenett, Neal F.; Tapprich, William E. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2016
Background: The Nebraska Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 4U (NE STEM 4U) program was initiated at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) in 2013. NE STEM 4U is a student-run, faculty-led program facilitating problem-based learning (PBL) sessions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for socioeconomically…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Problem Based Learning, Partnerships in Education
Project P-BLISS: An Experiment in Curriculum for Gifted Disadvantaged High School Students.
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Gallagher, Shelagh A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
How can high schools counteract deterrents to achievement that disadvantaged students face? "Project P-BLISS: Problem-Based Learning in the Social Sciences" presents "hidden" disadvantaged gifted students with a curriculum that first captures their interest and challenges them to realize their true potential. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethics
The Concept of a "Networked Common School"
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Waks, Leonard J. – E-Learning, 2004
The current educational arrangements of advanced liberal democracies continue to isolate various ethnic and racial groups. Disadvantaged minority students attend inferior schools. The overreliance on the curriculum as a design for teaching and learning renders school learning less relevant for "knowledge work" jobs in network societies.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Academic Achievement, Social Networks, Minority Groups