{"id":66640,"date":"2021-03-17T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66640"},"modified":"2023-09-23T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:23:36","slug":"stem-application-featured-in-science-education-partnership","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/stem-application-featured-in-science-education-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Application Featured in Science Education Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-flip has-box has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1323\" height=\"1435\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Nermeen Dashoush\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317.jpg 1323w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-553x600.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-768x833.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-762x826.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-317x344.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-488x529.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-629x682.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-951x1032.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-1218x1321.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-634x688.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-975x1058.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-1258x1364.jpg 1258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2016\/07\/dashoush-faculty-profile-Nermeen-Dashoush-e1763085061317-922x1000.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1323px) 100vw, 1323px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">STEM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSTEM Application Featured in Science Education Partnership\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">\u201cThis exciting partnership will enable us to reach even more children than before,&#8221; says co-creator Nermeen Dashoush<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 17, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/carolyn-barrett\/\">Carolyn Barrett<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>A STEM educational application co-created by BU Wheelock clinical assistant professor Nermeen Dashoush features prominently in a new partnership between MarcoPolo Learning and Teaching Strategies. The collaboration, which will begin in Texas, will provide access to science education for young children across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololearning.com\/\">World School<\/a>, is an award-winning&nbsp; STEM early learning platform. It features over 500 video lessons and thousands of interactive learning activities designed to teach foundational and give young children access to information about the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership will initially focus on schools in Texas and expect to reach over 150,000 students there. As the partnership grows, it is estimated to reach 5 million children enrolled in schools who use the Teaching Strategies curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1500x998.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-992x660.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1000x665.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1984x1320.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-1503x1000.jpg 1503w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2021\/03\/DSC_2483-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went into science education to be able to provide quality science access to young children after recognizing major disparities in who gets access to STEM education,\u201d says Dashoush. \u201cThis exciting partnership with Teaching Strategies will enable us to reach even more children than before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dashoush&#8217;s work focuses primarily on STEM and early childhood education. 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