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Equity in STEM Education

Izge Bayyurt, a Master of Science in Teaching student and graduate research assistant with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development's Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments Lab, assists an incoming freshman student with a virtual reality headset during UMaine's New Student Orientation on June 20, 2024. Photo courtesy University of Maine.

UMaine awarded NSF grant to help rural schools recruit, educate and retain STEM teachers

With rural schools facing significant shortages of highly-qualified teachers, particularly those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to boost support for future and current STEM educators in rural school districts.

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