Above: ISEC teacher Rachel Barber and her class at Pojoaque 6th Grade Academy start a lesson in a Meaning Making Circle. Synthesizing Complex Concepts After just returning from spring break, and in anticipation of PARCC testing, ISEC teacher Rachel…
A Small, Local Library Opens Up a World of Learning Joseph Estrada is a voracious learner and reader. He calls the Embudo Valley Library the center of the community, but for him it was like a second home. The library…
Wilbur Wang, Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund award winner, is driven by curiosity. Growing up in Los Alamos meant being surrounded by exploration, open-ended questions, research, and above all science. “This community is centered around LANL, and you can’t help…
Did you know that the LANL Foundation offers support for adults returning to education? Scholarships offered through the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarships Fund (LAESF) for Northern New Mexicans seeking higher education are not just for students straight out of high…
So often the message in education is that students are failing and it’s all the fault of teachers. Professional development is sent in to “fix” us and save our students from our shortcomings as educators. This is a powerfully disheartening…
For Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship winner Khaled Khweis, growing up with three sisters and two brothers brought a spirit of competition. They had lively dinner discussions with their parents, asserted their points of view, disagreed, took sides, and often tried…
On the scenic High Road to Taos sits Vadito, NM. The small village is best known as the home of Sipapu Ski Resort, but to locals it’s a place of rich tradition and community. Charlyna Gonzales spent a lot of…
Photo: Kim Jew Photography Mihaela Popa-Simil, LANL Foundation Vice President of Finance and Operations, is honored as one of Albuquerque Business First’s 2017 C-Suite finalists. Executives were nominated by the public and then asked to submit an application with information…
About 100 teachers were in attendance at the 7th annual ISEC Teachers’ Institute. Teachers new to Inquiry Science Education Consortium schools or those changing grades attend a four-day summer professional development that offers a deep dive into the investigative teaching…
Twelve Española high school and middle school students went back into the classroom this summer to learn new programming skills during an eight-week Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp hosted at Northern New Mexico College. This technical training was led by…