April 1, 2024 | Education
The Reusable Resources Adventure Center opened in 1991 with the goal of providing hands-on education workshops for both parents and teachers in our community. Their events emphasize the role that creative play and STEM construction experiences have in learning ...
March 1, 2024 | Education
Kelli Hunsucker, assistant professor of oceanography at Florida Tech, had always wanted to write a children’s book. In 2021, while pregnant with her first daughter, she came across a literacy grant opportunity sponsored by the academic society Phi Kappa P...
March 1, 2024 | Education
Did you know you can use playing cards to write algebraic equations? Or a flyswatter to hone literacy skills? Those are just some of the ordinary props that can help transform a child’s education thanks to the innovative educational approach of Chris...
February 1, 2024 | Education
The Brevard Adult and Community Education Gala will soon have its second annual celebration designed to honor the adult learners in our community. This year’s celebration will take place on April 12 from 6-9 p.m. at the Cocoa Civic Center. All adult educa...
December 1, 2023 | Education
Eastern Florida State College has been named one of the top 150 community colleges in the nation eligible to compete for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The prestigious award, which will be given in 2025, is the nation’s foremost recogni...
October 1, 2023 | Education
“This is what we are meant to be doing for our students. We are meant to have them learn by doing. It sounds cliche, but it’s true. You can sit in a classroom, but if you go out and do these things in the natural environment, you will have the exper...
September 1, 2023 | Education
A commercial driver’s license, or CDL, can open the door to a well-paying, high-demand career. “There are currently 60,000 openings in the state of Florida for commercial driver’s license drivers,” said Lorri Benjamin, director of ...
August 1, 2023 | Education
The Space Coast is growing fast and so is Eastern Florida State College. A wealth of new programs in high-demand career fields, low tuition and partnerships with industry are making EFSC an essential player in economic development. “We’ve never been...
June 1, 2023 | Education
Eastern Florida State College’s Public Safety Institute is hosting a Corrections Academy Open House that comes at a great time. Created to address the growing demand for corrections officers here in Brevard County, as well as throughout the State of Flori...
April 1, 2023 | Education
NASA aerospace engineer Joan Melendez Misner thanks books for helping her reach for the stars. “As a kid, reading “The Magic School Bus” and similar books like “Fly Guy and the Alienzz” helped spark my curiosity for space and ultim...
April 1, 2023 | Education
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PHOTO GALLERY When you walk into a classroom and see a full-size custom-built teeter totter and a pulley system rigged to 40-pound buckets of water, you know you’re in for some fun learning. That’s the equipment Darin Roberts ...
January 31, 2023 | Education
For many seniors, the goal is simple: graduation. But Brevard Public Schools is encouraging students to think past the cap and gown and to focus on life after high school. BPS is making great strides to help students find their pathway to employment while still...
