It is with mixed emotions that California educators say good-bye to Maggie Riley as she retires from Inyo County Office of Education this June. We are excited for her to begin her next adventure and know that she will be greatly missed.

Two years ago, when I became CASE President, we were still in the midst of the COVID pandemic and I was missing the sense of community that science teachers get from being connected to other science teachers.

Do you want your students to be environmentally literate but don’t know where to start or lack the time to prepare lessons? CASE is here to help! In March 2023 CASE invited inspiring speakers to share free environmental resources geared for teachers…

We’ve grown up being asked that question as early as Kindergarten and we continue to ask that of each other and ourselves throughout our years. From an early age we are conditioned to pick a title/career and focus solely on that career as we navigate…

How can we cultivate and validate educator expertise in STEAM? As the number of schools identifying themselves as STEAM increases, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Human Resources Division developed and launched a research- and…

Today, students turn to the internet for information about a range of science-related issues, like COVID variants and climate change. However, misinformation (misleading information shared by mistake) and disinformation (fake information shared with…

This October at the CASE conference in Palm Springs, the Call to Action for Science Education was heard loud and clear. One point really stood out to me: “Scientific thinking and understanding are essential for all people navigating the world, not…

Academic learning and achievement is often a synergistic process, with student learning in one subject potentially bolstering learning in other subjects. Districts that used STEMscopes Science had higher science, ELA, and mathematics proficiency…

It’s that time of the year when many of our students, teachers and administrators in Region 2 (and across the state) are gearing up for their annual Science Fairs. Many have continued with the tradition of the large Science and Engineering Fair like…