RESOURCES

Brookings Institution report to RI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6PIqkpJCjh6RThOeEp5djh4ck0/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-ENHaCRTE5Em7YW1mq8cpgA 

Yakman’s STEAM methodology: https://www.k12digest.com/steam-an-educational-framework-to-relate-things-to-each-other-and-reality/ 

Yakman’s Resume: https://steamedu.academia.edu/GeorgetteYakman/CurriculumVitae 

How might we boost relevancy for Newport students?

• Since we’re the City-by-the-Sea in the Ocean State and we're often citing the Blue Economy (and sometimes about the field of oceanography), here is a list of grade K-6+ ocean-related schools that have embraced the integrated STEAM model: 

• Comprehensive National List of schools from the US Maritime Administration:

https://maps.dot.gov/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/c959ab6f9f5f4d4b937d2543a92bdf85 

• Providence: https://www.paulcuffee.org/

• Philadelphia: https://www.maritimecharter.org/

• Tybee Island, GA: https://tybeeislandmaritimeacademy.com/

• Mayport, FL: https://dcps.duvalschools.org/domain/5578

• Palm Beach, FL: https://www.palmbeachmaritimeacademy.org/

• Key West, FL: https://www.oceanstudiescharterschool.org/ 

• Oxnard, CA: https://www.oxnardsd.org/domain/343

COMPUTER SCIENCE

K-12 Computer Science education was the other key recommendation from Brookings.  Rhode Island listened!

• RI implemented CS4RI … and yes, Newport participated. A handful of teachers received training in the kid-friendly, block-programming language SCRATCH and implemented it for a short time within Pell.  It languished, but CS4RI has re-started in RI. 

• Benefits of Scratch: https://www.scratchfoundation.org/our-story

• The use of Scratch has exploded globally, but its growth has stalled within the U.S.