South
Bend Tribune: An informal, local program to help
elementary- and middle-school teachers improve science lessons
has expanded from its original base in South Bend, Indiana, to
cover the entire state of Indiana. As Gene Stowe of the
South Bend Tribune reports, the program was started in
the late 1990s by two physics professors and a chemistry
outreach coordinator. It entails an intensive, three-week
training session for teachers. Now, thanks to charitable
funding, the program, which began with one school in Mishawaka,
now involves 1000 teachers statewide.
