Joel Klein, Corporate Executives and Top Middle Schoolers Headline Unprecedented Education Event
Teaching Garage—the creators of the first and only digital engineering curriculum for elementary school teachers—aimed to move closer in overcoming the large hurdles in implementing innovation in the classroom by holding its first Innovation in Education Conference sponsored and hosted by the venerable Latham & Watkins LLP in the heart of New York City. The conference featured some of the most creative minds in education, business, teaching and even leading middle school students who were all eager to engage in cross-industry conversations about what it means to be an innovator.
Teaching Garage: Building a STEM Foundation for the Future
To many, the concept of engineering can be nebulous and daunting. Many students are not exposed to engineering until they reach university and at that point, they decide not to pursue the track as they feel they lack foundational knowledge and expertise in the space. Through her organization Teaching Garage— an online elementary STEM curriculum provider—Janice Lathrop aims to demystify the concept of engineering, engage students in design thinking, and guide teachers without formal engineering training professional backgrounds in delivering engaging lessons at the elementary school level.