If you use Twitter, don't forget to use the NSELA tag (#nsela) so that we can follow you at the NSELA Professonal Development Institute.  See you in Philadelphia!

A bill that would strengthen engineering education in K-12 schools has been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R.4709) and the Senate (S.3043)  The Engineering Education for Innovation Act (also called the E2 for Innovation Act of 2010) would authorize the Secretary of Education to competitively award planning and implementation grants for educational agencies to integrate engineering education into K–12 curriculum and instruction.  It also funds the research and evaluation of such efforts.

In 2009 NSELA will celebrate its 50th birthday! We invite all members, both past and present to share their memories and reflections on 50 years of NSELA.  Feel free to post your reminiscences on the discussion board.

We are also collecting photos and other images of NSELA over the last 50 years.

National Environmental Education Week (EE Week), the nation's largest environmental education event held April 11-17, 2010, inspires environmental learning and stewardship among K-12 students. EE Week connects educators with environmental resources to promote K-12 students’ understanding of the environment. EE Week is a program of the National Environmental Education Foundation.

A coalition of educators, science and engineering associations, philanthropies and other organizations, including NSELA,  invite you to get involved in National Lab Day, a grassroots initiative designed to reinvigorate science and math education in the nation’s schools and after-school programs and lead to increased U.S. competitiveness.  Teachers are invited to submit projects requests to find resources and scientists are encouraged to get involved in projects that need their help  in order to build communities of support to foster hands-on learning.  To learn more and get involved visit www.nationallabday.org.