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Kids: Want a crash course in astrophysics? Juggling?


photo courtesy of Shuai Chen, co-founder of Splash

If you know a middle or high school student who has a free day this weekend and might be interested in, say, neuroscience, dancing, artificial intelligence, juggling, or painting, keep reading!

More than 100 Stanford University students are playing teacher for the weekend in a marathon learning session on the Palo Alto campus. It’s called Splash, and it runs Saturday and Sunday. The full price is $40 for both days (and $20 for siblings), but the event organizers say that participants who can’t afford the fee can just say so and they don’t have to pay anything.

You can learn more about Splash, and its (literally) 209 course offerings, here. This is the third time students have organized the event, and they expect up to 1,000 kids to participate. Those who haven’t registered online can just show up on Saturday or Sunday.

Can’t make it this weekend? They’re planning another one in April.

Posted on Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, college, high schools, middle schools, science, students, technology, teens | No Comments »

Oakland’s API: Big gains, bigger achievement gaps

Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, achievement gap, small schools, students, test scores | 22 Comments »

Oakland’s big algebra push

Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, OUSD central office, middle schools | 13 Comments »

So, how did Oakland’s charter schools do?

Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, charter schools, elementary schools, students, test scores | 26 Comments »

Test score gains: more knowledge or better prep?

Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, NCLB, elementary schools, middle schools, students, teachers, test scores | 21 Comments »

The test results are in. How did your school do?

Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, students, teachers, test scores | 10 Comments »

Free digital textbooks are up: Any takers?

Posted on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, Schwarzenegger, curriculum, high schools, initiatives, science, students, teachers, technology | 2 Comments »

New principals and a $1.8m math contract

Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, OUSD central office, School board news, curriculum, finances, leadership changes, small schools, teachers | 13 Comments »

A passion for math, science and new ideas

Posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, high schools, science, students | No Comments »

Algebra, all summer long

Posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Under: Algebra/Math, middle schools, students | 6 Comments »