99371news12464928001653584976<![CDATA[GSU receives $900K grant to recruit, train science teachers]]>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 "Impacting Metro-Atlanta Science Teaching," or I-MAST, will be used to recruit, prepare and support 36 high quality science educators over the next five years... "The partnership between GSU and Georgia Tech is a great way to bring bright young scientists into the classroom," said Jennifer Leavey, director of Undergraduate Academic Services in the Georgia Tech School of Biology. "Tech 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." (full story)]]>
2009-07-02T00:00:00-04:0099381image<![CDATA[Jennifer Leavey]]>School of Biology - Biology]]>1275http://finchannel.com/index.php?Itemid=2&id=40646&option=com_content&task=viewhttp://www.biology.gatech.edu/faculty/jennifer-leavey/http://www.biology.gatech.edu/1275