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Rural Education Center: STEM and Career Education

As a center dedicated to advancing rural education in Kansas, the Rural Education Center in the Kansas State University College of Education is creating experiences that will assist schools and students across the state.

 

Project KRIATE

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The realigned Project KRIATE will approach the school and community gap through innovative place-based methods to support rural community curricular involvement and educator professional learning to support economic vitality in rural Kansas communities with high levels of poverty. The project will support place-based learning for economic vitality and workforce development via

  1. school-community connection and collaboration
  2. collectively developed place-based expertise among school personnel and community representatives
  3. integration of place-based content into quality curriculum and
  4. invested rural school leaders.

The project will not only build on prior work in training rural teachers in computer science instruction but will also support teachers in earning a micro-credential in rural education to honor their place-based education professional learning. The realigned project will build upon KRIATE’s foundation but offers a broader, more sustainable pathway by deeply connecting schools, communities, and workforce development efforts.

Virtual STEAM Experiences delivered to schools across Kansas
Nearly $2.7 million investment in Kansas schools from the U.S. Department of Defense
Opportunity for high school students to study summer courses at the University of Kansas

 

Thank you to our generous grantor for Project LEAPES, DoD-STEM

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