A team of CEDER staff were selected to present at the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference. In 2022 the conference gathered educators, policymakers, and partners from throughout the world in Tucson, Arizona to share strategies for accomplishing NAAEE’s mission of using the power of education to advance environmental literacy and civic engagement to create a more equitable and sustainable future.

A team comprising leaders of the Disciplinary Literacy Task Force, including CEDER Design Coordinator Darin Stockdill, will develop a series of courses for secondary classroom educators as part of a statewide professional learning initiative of the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators' General Education Leadership Network.

Carl Haynes-Magyar and Nathan Haynes-Magyar, developers of Codespec, were awarded the James A. Kelly Learning Lever Prize for their adaptable and adaptive computer programming practice environment.

The recent Michigan News article highlighting the Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship was the Mid-Michigan feature in University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman's Michigan Impact April newsletter.

The Dow Innovation Teacher Fellowship (DITF) is a program created for K-12 teachers of all disciplines interested in teaching sustainability issues.

CEDER Senior Evaluation Specialist Sarah Beu, MSW—under the supervision of Evaluation Coordinator Victoria Bigelow, Ph.D.—will lead an evaluation of three Detroit College Access Network (DCAN) programming initiatives.

Together, SOE’s CEDER and Dow Chemical Company Foundation support mid-Michigan teachers in developing sustainability-focused classroom units.

Vicki Bigelow and her team of CEDER staff and students will lead the evaluation of the Engage and Persist in Steam (EPISTEM).