{"99371":{"#nid":"99371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GSU receives $900K grant to recruit, train science teachers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFin Channel.com, May 6\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E - Georgia State University was recently awarded a nearly $900,000 grant from the NSF to increase the number of science teachers in metro Atlanta schools. The grant, titled \u0022Impacting Metro-Atlanta Science Teaching,\u0022 or I-MAST, will be used to recruit, prepare and support 36 high quality science educators over the next five years...  \u0022The partnership between GSU and \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E is a great way to bring bright young scientists into the classroom,\u0022 said Jennifer Leavey, director of Undergraduate Academic Services in the Georgia Tech School of Biology. \u0022Tech is a nationally-ranked leader in undergraduate science education, but has no route for certifying K-12 teachers. GSU has an excellent College of Education and is only a few blocks away.\u0022 (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/finchannel.com\/index.php?option=com_content\u0026amp;task=view\u0026amp;id=40646\u0026amp;Itemid=2\u0022\u003Efull story\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Fin Channel.com, May 6  Georgia State University was recently awarded a nearly $900,000 grant from the NSF to increase the number of science teachers in metro Atlanta schools. The grant, titled \u0022Impacting Metro-Atlanta Science Teaching,\u0022 or I-MAST, will be used to recruit, prepare and suppor t 36 high quality science educators over the next five years...  \u0022The partnership between GSU and Georgia Tech is a great way to bring bright young scientists into the classroom,\u0022 said Jennifer Leavey, director of Undergraduate Academic Services in the Georgia Tech School of Biology. \u0022Tech is a nationally-ranked leader in undergraduate science education, but has no route for certifying K-12 teachers. GSU has an excellent College of Education and is only a few blocks away.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GSU partnered with Georgia Tech receives $900K grant form NSF."}],"uid":"27245","created_gmt":"2009-07-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Troy Hilley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"99381":{"id":"99381","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Leavey","body":null,"created":"1449178150","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:10","changed":"1475894715","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:15"}},"media_ids":["99381"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/finchannel.com\/index.php?Itemid=2\u0026id=40646\u0026option=com_content\u0026task=view","title":"Fin Channel.com"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jennifer-leavey\/","title":"Jennifer Leavey"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Biology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biology - Biology\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["admin@biology.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}