Monday, Aug 10, 2015
Dean Sharon Sherman and Associate Professor Judith Fraivillig joined education experts from around the country
by Aimee LaBrie
On July 31, 2015, Professor Judith Fraivillig and Dean Sharon Sherman from Rider's School of Education spent the day at the White House, working with colleagues from around the country to discuss key issues facing education. Representing one of only two schools of education invited to attend, they collaborated with national leaders in science, technology, mathematics and engineering to discuss national policy around STEM.
Fraivillig, an associate professor of mathematics education at Rider, was both honored and inspired to be invited to participate. "It was gratifying to participate with administration officials and practitioners in exploring innovations in STEM teacher education, and to see Rider's Teach First Class model contributing to the narrative on positive transformation," she says.
Sherman also felt energized by the visit. “I am inspired by the commitment of the White House to STEM education in America," she says. "Participating in sessions with leaders from across the nation was invigorating. I look forward to sharing what I learned from this experience with my students and colleagues at Rider.”
As a member of the prestigious 100K in 10, the School of Education at Rider actively works to create opportunities for partnerships between its education students and local school districts. 100Kin10 brings the nation's best universities, corporations, foundations and government agencies to instruct and retain 100,000 excellent STEM teachers to educate the next generation of innovators and thinkers. These groups are working together to answer the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Opportunity Equation’s challenge to train 100,000 excellent STEM teachers by 2021.