The National Assessment of Educational Progress is the largest continuing nation-wide assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history (http://scim.ag/NAEP-2009). The most recent report found that 12% of first year college students had […]
Spring Lake on the Texas State University campus picked as site for headwaters watershed discovery and visitors center

Headwaters to Ocean partner River Systems Institute (RSI) is currently reviewing plans developed by Lake | Flato for a new visitors and discovery center. Lake | Flato is a national leader in the master planning and design of visitor centers with over a dozen projects completed at locations throughout the country. The design process starts […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM, Water EducationHi-tech education centers toured in Maine and Florida

H2O staff and supporters toured facilities designed and built by firms interested in providing services on the H2O project. These visits included extensive on-site discussions with educators, display design specialists and facilities managers as well as a general tour and evaluation of facilities and the firms doing the design and construction. The goal of the […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEMNew outdoor education video

Filming to start next school year — Fall 2011 The Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, in partnership with H2O, is poised to start filming a new segment of “Teaching with the Stars.” This innovative new video and web based program will extend current educational programs into the outdoors. Video and educational programming will […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM, VideoTexas Stream Team and H2O provide teacher education

Teachers are enthusiastic about outdoor hands-on experiential learning, but need more opportunities to learn how to integrate such learning into state mandated teaching requirements. The Texas Stream Team and H2O have teamed up to provide just this training. This has created a strong program that solidifies a unique and productive educational alliance between H2O and […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM“Teaching with the Stars” watershed education video produced
Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education partnership with H2O takes watershed education into the classroom Expanding the National Geographic Society’s 23-year State Alliance teacher training program is a new video on watershed education produced by the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education in partnership with H2O. The video is part of the successful […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEMArmy Corps of Engineers poised to demolish Spring Lake structures and restore site to pre-amusement park state

“All buildings of the old theme park at the site of the spring will be removed by the Army Corps of Engineers,” said Ron Coley, Director of the university-run Aquarena Education Center. The restoration project is expected to be complete by 2012, but the popular site will continue to be open to the public for […]
Rudy Rosen, Science Center