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Bobrischew Named Director of Product Sales: Lisa Bobrischew has been named Director of Product Sales for Project Lead The Way. She will be responsible for oversight and control of all instructional materials and supplies sold to schools in support of all Project Lead The Way programs, including engineering and biomedical sciences.
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New Staff At PLTW: Sam Cox Joins PLTW - Project Lead The Way is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Cox to its national curriculum development staff in October as an Associate Director of K-12 Engineering Curriculum.
Tonya Lawrence joins PLTW as its Coordinator for Curriculum. She will be working extensively in support of both the K-12 Engineering and Biomedical Sciences curriculum development and revision processes.
Laura Welter’s new role as Coordinator of Professional Development will focus on support of all teacher and school counselor training initiatives, including collaboration with university and colleges partners in the implementation of summer training institutes. Read the full announcement

PLTW Announces New Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF) Program Consultant Project Lead The Way is proud to introduce to you Ms. Laurie Maxson, Director of Career & Technical Education, Colorado Springs District #11, Colorado who will be working as a consultant with Project Lead The Way and the SME-EF (Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation) program. Her primary focus will be the proliferation of the SME-EF/PLTW engineering summer camp model for middle schools students, so successfully piloted this past year in California and New York. Read the full announcement

Newberry and Malstrom Lead PLTW Curriculum: Project Lead The Way announces the appointment of Pam Newberry as Director of Curriculum for Pre-Engineering and Carolyn Malstrom as Director of Curriculum for Biomedical Sciences. Both have led PLTW’s efforts in developing new and strengthening existing curriculum in its ever expanding program. Read the full announcement

Richard Liebich, PLTW CEO, has been recognized by the Manhattan Institute with its Social Entrepreneur Award for 2006 for Project Lead The Way. The Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiative is proud to announce the five winners of its Sixth Annual Social Entrepreneurship Award. The Initiative honors nonprofit leaders who have found innovative, private solutions for some of America’s most pressing social problems with little or no government financial aid. Read the full press release

To Members of the Project Lead The Way Partnership Network,
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) and Autodesk, the world leader in software innovation and integration for business and education, are pleased to announce a new and dynamic partnership which will contribute significantly to nation’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education priority. The new agreement makes PLTW the Autodesk K-12 education strategy and the immediate beneficiaries of the arrangement will be the schools, teachers, and students in the PLTW network. Read the full announcement

Project Lead The Way Announces New Positions: Cynthia “Crickett” Thomas-O’Dell and Joanne Hendrick will continue in their current roles with Project Lead The Way with new titles effective July 1, 2006. Crickett, Coordinator for School Relations for the Project since 2004, will be Director of School Relations and Marketing.
Joanne Hendrick came to Project Lead The Way in January 2006 as a secretary for senior management. She continues in those responsibilities with the new title of Executive Secretary. Read the full announcement

Project Lead The Way has been selected as one of the “Best Practice” STEM Education programs to be showcased at the upcoming STEM (science, technology, education and math) Education Diversity Forum that Bayer will host on Thursday, September 28 in Washington, D.C. Read the full announcement

Distinguished National Academies Recognize
Project Lead The Way
The National Academy of Sciences, The National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in their recent report Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future specifically recognized the significant role Project Lead The Way is playing in the United States. Read The Full Bulletin

PLTW Announces New Community College Associates Program
Project Lead The Way announces its new Community College Associates program for community colleges interested in offering PLTW’s Pathway to Engineering courses.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton endorses PLTW:
A letter to the Senate addressing Project Lead The Way as a "Promising program that is both changing the lives of middle school and high school students nation wide and helping to build a workforce that meets the needs of the 21st Century." Read the full letter (.pdf)

A Letter to Congress from Members of Congress John Sweeney and Nita Lowey:
PLTW's approach is working! Through partnerships with public schools, higher education institutions and the private sector, PLTW has increased the quantity and quality of engineers and engineering technologists entering the field. Full letter (.pdf)

Activities - Project - Problem - Based Learning: A Modality of Teaching and Learning, Project Lead The Way presents a comprehensive overview of the levels of learning modalities in its curriculum... More

National Academy Foundation and Project Lead The Way Establish Partnership
Project Lead The Way has established a partnership with the National Academy Foundation (NAF) to create a framework for the cooperative development of a Career Academy Model for Engineering and Engineering Technology. This unique relationship will enhance the education and training of high school students in pre-engineering and engineering technology study and increase the number of minority students electing to pursue careers in these fields. More ...

Project Lead The Way and Dryden Flight Research Center of NASA to Partner on Aerospace Curriculum Development: Project Lead The Way is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with the Dryden Flight Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to collaborate on the development of Aerospace Engineering curricula for elementary and secondary schools. More ...

Flexibility Meets All Students Needs
Since its beginning, Project Lead The Way has been committed to offering a high school pre-engineering program which addresses the needs of schools and communities across the nation. In fact, a recent decision by our Board of Directors focused on increased flexibility while maintaining our quality standards in every school, in every PLTW classroom. More ...

Donna Scribner Accepts Position with Virtual High School Inc.
Donna Scribner, Director of Online Learning with Project Lead The Way, has accepted a position as Chief Learning Officer with Virtual High School, Inc. As CLO and a member of the Administrative team, she will be responsible for the development and management of strategic learning initiatives, management of the VHS online professional development and course delivery, and coordination of curriculum development. Read the full announcement

EAA AND ‘PROJECT LEAD THE WAY’ COLLABORATE TO BOOST AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, FLIGHT EDUCATION: EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wis. — (April 10, 2006) — A new collaboration between the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) will provide comprehensive pre-engineering education programming to more than 1,600 schools nationwide to advance aerospace engineering and flight education.
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Thomson Delmar Learning and Project Lead The Way Collaborate on New Pre-Engineering Curriculum - New Textbook Series to Support Pre-Engineering in High Schools and Middle Schools Delmar Learning, part of the Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announced plans to work with Project Lead The Way Inc. (“PLTW”), to publish a series of high school and middle school textbooks that will be aligned with PLTW’s pre-engineering curricula. Under the agreement, Thomson Delmar Learning will produce either adaptations of existing texts or wholly new works that, when combined with the PLTW curriculum materials, form integrated learning packages for nine courses. Read the full bulletin

US Science and Math Education Crisis: Non-Profits Working With Schools To Ensure A Technology Ready Workforce For The Future
A letter to Congress from Congressman John Sweeney - Read The Letter (.pdf)

SREB Releases New Study on the Success
of Project Lead The Way
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) May, 2005 study entitled Project Lead The Way: A Pre-engineering Curriculum That Works addresses a basic question: Does the PLTW program result in students with higher quality learning experiences – and higher achievement – when compared to similar students in the High Schools That Work network? Read The Full Bulletin and the Complete Study

Extreme Makeover and a Future Engineer:
Millions who watched Extreme Makeover had their spirits lifted when young Charlie Dolan saw his 21st century bedroom designed by PLTW teacher Paul Wahnish and his students and when Charlie himself discovered the engineering scholarship from the University of South Florida with contributions from Project Lead The Way. Eva Fernandez, PLTW Affiliate Director, represented the USF at a recent luncheon on May 11 and formally presented the scholarship to Charlie and his family.
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Weighted Grading and Project Lead The Way
Many schools across the country have initiated a weighted grading system to encourage qualified students to enroll in more challenging courses. Read the full bulletin

ANNOUNCEMENT (March 1, 2005)
The National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) have announced a collaboration intended to create aligned and insightful student assessments for high school pre-engineering education nationwide. More...

Governor Bob Taft Cites Project Lead The Way in 2005 State of the State - “Unleashing Ohio’s Economic Potential”
In his State of the State message to legislators, Governor Bob Taft specifically mentioned Project Lead The Way as one method of raising standards and improving high schools.
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Updated on: 07/03/2007