Engineering Fellows program in development

Washington state nonprofits named Washington STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and Washington MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) have received a grant of $400,000 from the national science, technology, engineering and math education group 100Kin10 to develop and launch an Engineering Fellows progam.

The program will pair engineers with 200 Washington fifth-grade teachers to equip the teachers with the engineering skills needed to research, develop and deliver an engaging engineering program for fifth grade classrooms. Teachers and engineers will work with stude...