K-12 HIGHLIGHTS

Van Andel Institute for Education in the News

K-12 is an ever-changing landscape…especially in today’s environment. Check out a few highlights in how we’re working to create classrooms where curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking thrive.

• Summer camp encourages girls in STEM fields – School News Network | A Window into Your Public Schools (SNN, June 21, 2024)
• Next-gen learning: 5 digital tools to engage and inspire (eSchool News, June 12, 2024)
• Oosterman, Talsma: Use AI as the great equalizer in STEAM education (Detroit Free Press, June 6, 2024)

• Fourth & fifth-graders share lessons from Species Explorers program (School News Network, May 10, 2024)
• 4 strategies that bring nature’s power to your classroom (eSchool News, May 9, 2024)
• 4 Ways to Use Student Curiosity to Deepen Learning (EdWeek, May 1, 2024) 

• Maranda’s Beautiful U 2024 Event (Maranda Wood TV, April 24, 2024)
• Science on the Grand Returns with New Opportunities for Teachers and Administrators (MiSTEM, April 15, 2024)

• 4 Keys for Unlocking Student Curiosity and Critical Thinking (eSchool News, March 19, 2024)
• K-12 Summer Camps 2024 (MiSTEM, March 15, 2024)

• Explore, play and learn with Van Andel Institute for Education’s 35 summer camp offerings (Marana WoodTV, February 21, 2024)
• 5 helpful hacks for managing a STEM classroom (eSchool News, February 15, 2024)
• Van Andel Institute Debuts Engaging Public Workshop for K-12 Administrators (MiSTEM, February 15, 2024)

• Rockford Students Compete Against AI (WZZM, January 16, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: Rockford High School Competes with AI to Predict Snow Days (Fox-47, January 15, 2024)
• West Michigan Program Tests Humans and AI in Predicting Snow Days (Detroit Free Press, January 14, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: Rockford High School Competes with AI to Predict Snow Days (Fox-17, January 13, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: West Michigan High School Students Compete with A.I. Algorithm “Blizzard” Predicting Snow Days (WGVU, January 12, 2024)
• Van Andel Institute for Education Empowers Future STEM Students (MiSTEM, January 11, 2024)
• 5 Strategies for Turning Boredom into Brilliance (eSchool News, January 9, 2024)