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New TERC Tech Talks Video Podcast Evaluates AI Tools for Educators
TERC has launched TERC Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
Hands On! Spring 2025 Magazine
Articles include:
- Sound Travels: Seeking to understand how soundscapes in learning settings influence their visitors’ learning
- Introduction: Making and STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
- Discovering STEM, entrepreneurship, and careers through making
- Math and Making for Middle School Youth
New Publication Shows What’s Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K–5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
TERC Announces Christine Reich as New President
Christine Reich, PhD will join TERC as its president on July 1, 2025. A distinguished educator, social science researcher, and former museum executive, Reich brings a deep commitment to advancing STEM education opportunities for all learners.
Project LEAP’s Maria Blanton and Angela Gardiner featured in EdWeek
Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
TERC’s NeuroVivid Pathways Brain-Computer Interface Program Receives $300,000 Grant from Britebound
March 4, 2026
TERC has received a $300,000 grant from Britebound to support NeuroVivid Pathways, a STEM...Heidi Schuler, Director of the Adult Numeracy Center at TERC, will facilitate a workshop highlighting Massachusetts PD models.
February 27, 2026
Join the New England Literacy Resource Center on March 4, 2026 | 1:00–2:30 PM...TERC’s Andee Rubin Serves on National Academies Committee Authoring New Report on Data and Computing in K–12
February 26, 2026
TERC Principal Scientist Andee Rubin served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
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