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New GLOBE Schools Announced

From an impressive pool of applicants, the Salvadori Center has selected four schools to become part of its flagship GLOBE [Guided Learning through Our Built Environment] program, a 3-year immersive professional development initiative.  They are PS 110 (Low er East Side, Manhattan), PS 166 (Upper West Side, Manhattan), PS 185 (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn), and PS/MS 278 (northern Manhattan).
 
Through GLOBE, we provide effective learning conditions for educational success: comprehensive teacher education, a multi-year commitment, and a year-round presence in schools. The program also serves as a laboratory to test new ideas, curricula and projects. Seventy percent of the program’s costs are subsidized by the Salvadori Center.

Salvadori Center Part of New Teacher Education Initiative

The Salvadori Center will be part of the Manhattan Collaborative STEM Professional Project, a collaborative effort to improve how teachers teach science, technology, engineering, and math (or STEM).  Partnering with the Center will be City College of New York, New York Institute of Technology, Key Curriculum Press, Texas Instruments, and SPEZ, Co., Inc. 

CBS News "Eye On New York" on our Haiti Charrette

Check out our own Dr. Leonisa Ardizzone and student Sammy Maisonette in this 7-minute news report about our recent charrette project to design a memorial to the Haiti earthquake.

Teaching the World Around Us: A Salvadorian Experience

This article by Justin Den Herder originally appeared in the magazine of Structural Engineers Association of New York. Justin works at Robert Silman Associates/Structural Engineers.

The Salvadori Educational Center began in 1987 through the efforts of Mario Salvadori. His goal was to improve the math and science skills of children and young adults by teaching them fundamental principals of Structural Engineering and Architecture. Today, Mario’s legacy lives on through the efforts of a dedicated staff, generous volunteerism, and a multitude of children, eager to learn.
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On Leonisa's Mind

Design competitions and charrettes are regular occurrences for architects, urban planners, engineers, and other design professionals. Creating something with a team in a finite time period to solve a challenge is a right of passage that begins in university and continues throughout the career trajectory.

One of the best parts of my job is spending time with other educators and thinkers: sharing best practices, exchanging ideas, developing collaborations. I recently spent nine days on the road doing National Science Foundation (NSF) related work. 

For 17 years I've been a science educator and yet I am still amazed by how poorly science is done in many schools. Of special note, is the real lack of Engineering in K-12 education, as reported recently by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. According to their research, engineering is the "neglected E of STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Math]. The report also points out the limited amount of teacher education in engineering.
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