According to a NASA press release, Lawrence Perretto, a teacher at Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont has been awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with NASA. NASA’s Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project provides live, online training for educators working to earn a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) certificate from Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y.
The training takes place at the U.S. Satellite Laboratory in Rye.
“Teachers engage with education experts, NASA scientists, and with each other to carry back to the classroom a greater understanding of NASA discoveries, to impact student learning in real-world contexts, to inspire a next generation of explorers, scientists, engineers and astronauts,” says the release.
Anyone out there know this teacher?
For information about NASA education programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/education