Idaho State University Department of Physics Receives $116K Award for Teacher Training

Released by Idaho State University April 25, 2011
Contact: Steve Shropshire, 208-282-2212

Idaho State University Department of Physics
Receives $116K Award for Teacher Training

POCATELLO – The Idaho State Department of Education has awarded the Idaho State University Department of Physics $116,611 through the Math Science Partnership program to support continuing education for Southeast Idaho elementary teachers.
The funds will support the first year of a three-year, $342,570 project that was approved by the State Department of Education, according to Steve Shropshire, ISU physics professor and the principle investigator of the program.
The program will provide continuing education in teaching methods and content in physical science and mathematics for 25 fourth- through sixth-grade teachers a year.
Priority will be given to teachers in the Blackfoot, Aberdeen, Idaho Falls, Bonneville and Teton County school districts.
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