Innovation in Science Education  GK-12 STEM - Ben Esner
Channel: ReImagine Science
Date: 02/07/2012

Ben Esner is the Director of the K-12 STEM Education Program at Polytechnic Institute of New York University. In this presentation, given at part of the GK-12 STEM education presentation at the Science UnSummit April 24-25th in Arlington VS (scienceunsummit.crowdvine.com), Ben gives an impassioned plea for sustainable, supported and persistent attention to science and math education in our country's schools. In administering the GK-12 program in the New York school system, Ben provided program oversight in a National Science Foundation funded initiative that paired up local New York city schools with graduate students pursuing their PhD studies at NYUPoly.