UCCS programs named partners in national network to grow STEM teaching force

NEW YORK — 100Kin10, a national network coordinating and accelerating efforts to bring 100,000 new excellent science, technology, engineering, and math teachers into elementary and secondary schools by 2021, announced two University of Colorado Colorado Springs programs as new partners Feb. 17.

The programs are UCCSTeach and the Colorado Geographic Alliance’s “Moving GIS into the Classroom.” The UCCS programs are among 49 new partner organizations announced as part of a national network of more than 280 of the country’s top businesses, nonprofits, foundations, and academic institutions working toward the goal of more STEM teachers. The two programs complement each other. UCCS Teach focuses on preparing new teachers and Colorado Geographic Alliance works to improve existing science and math education.

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