In The News
UTeach Featured by UMass Lowell
February 3, 2012 - UTeach UMASS LOWELL enrolled 27 STEM majors in its first semester.
RFP Released for UTeach Replication in Maryland
December 7, 2011 - Up to two universities in Maryland will be selected to replicate the UTeach secondary math and science teacher preparation program.
Release of Florida RFP Spurs Conversations About UTeach and STEM Teacher Preparation
November 30, 2011 - Release of an RFP to support UTeach replication at up to 4 universities in Florida encourages conversations about STEM shortages and teacher preparation, in general.
UTeach MEmphis Receives an Anonymous $1 Million Donation
April 20, 2011 - The University of Memphis has received a $1 million donation to establish a scholars program for students in the UTeach MEmphis program.
UTeach Model Expands to Elementary Teacher Training
April 20, 2011 - Building on UTeach's experience, Hands-On-Science trains future elementary teachers in science content through inquiry and engages them early in the process of translating that training into teaching children.
teachHOUSTON Receives $1 Million Gift
February 7, 2011 - teachHOUSTON has received a $1 million gift, of which $250,000 will fund scholarships and $750,000 will go to an endowment for the program.
Obama Calls For Expansion of Effective Teacher Preparation Models for STEM Teachers.
January 26, 2011 - During his State of the Union speech, President Obama announced an initiative to train 100,000 new teachers in mathematics, science, technology, and engineering, or STEM subjects.
Congress Passes America Competes Reauthorization Act
January 6, 2011 - The recently passed America COMPETES act calls for funding UTeach replication at universities across the country.
Susan Riechert, VolsTeach Co-Director, Honored
December 14, 2010 - Susan Riechert, co-director of VolsTeach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was recently honored with awards from both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Tennessee Science Teachers Association.
MTSU Among Five New Physics Teacher Education Sites
November 4, 2010 - In addition to their recent UTeach replication initiative, Middle Tennessee State University has been awarded a grant to develop their physics teacher education program into a national model.
