PittEd Magazine - March 2016 - PittEd - School of Education Magazine March 2016 Featured Articles It ' s Time to GET REAL about Graduate Enrollment Inequities Having worked for a variety of higher education institutions over the course of the past decade, it is very concerning to me that each institution’s hope of attaining more racial diversity is not necessarily translating into any drastic changes in enrollment. Currently, enrollment in higher education is not reflective of our increasingly diverse society, but rather is representative of an overtly White, post-secondary environment. My experience and research has indicated that practition... Using the Power of STEAM to Energize Educators and Students at Pittsburgh Public Schools STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education seems to be the most popular fad in the field of education today. Many educational leaders are convinced that the multidisciplinary and engaging nature of STEAM learning is what will finally hook students into developing “21st century skills.” As the STEAM administrator for Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS), I can say that these expectations are a bit far afield. I will say, however, that STEAM education frameworks... Writing with Light: Western Pennsylvania Writing Project Experiments with Paper Circuitry Alligator clips connect to copper tape, batteries, and lights to create a working paper circuitry notebook that features 13 major constellations. The 20 educators who signed on to participate in the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project ’s 21st Century Notebooking Inquiry Project, a Grable-sponsored exploration into paper circuitry, dove straight into “doing,” trying out first hand what they intended to teach others. The group represented various contexts: public, private, and char... News and Notes The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) Joins the School of Education - Left: October 2015 convening at Lynn Universi...... Students are "Ready to Learn" with School Tutoring and Mentoring Program - The Center for Urban Education’s Ready to Lear...... The Gift of Reading: Reflections on Collecting 550 Books for Students - The University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Child Develop...... Faculty and Student Published Articles: January-March 2016 - The following are articles written by faculty membe...... Issue Archive Subscribe Subscribe via Email