K-12 HIGHLIGHTS

Van Andel Institute for Education in the News

K-12 is an ever-changing landscape…especially in today’s environment. Check out a few highlights in how we’re working to create classrooms where curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking thrive.

• Explore, play and learn with Van Andel Institute for Education’s 35 summer camp offerings (Marana WoodTV, February 21, 2024)
• 5 helpful hacks for managing a STEM classroom (eSchool News, February 15, 2024)
• Van Andel Institute Debuts Engaging Public Workshop for K-12 Administrators (MiSTEM, February 15, 2024)

• Rockford Students Compete Against AI (WZZM, January 16, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: Rockford High School Competes with AI to Predict Snow Days (Fox-47, January 15, 2024)
• West Michigan Program Tests Humans and AI in Predicting Snow Days (Detroit Free Press, January 14, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: Rockford High School Competes with AI to Predict Snow Days (Fox-17, January 13, 2024)
• Humans vs. the Machine: West Michigan High School Students Compete with A.I. Algorithm “Blizzard” Predicting Snow Days (WGVU, January 12, 2024)
• Van Andel Institute for Education Empowers Future STEM Students (MiSTEM, January 11, 2024)
• 5 Strategies for Turning Boredom into Brilliance (eSchool News, January 9, 2024)

• Year in Review: Terra Tarango of Van Andel Institute (WGVU, December 14, 2023)
• 3 Simple Strategies to Supercharge Student Growth (eSchool News, December 12, 2023)

• Van Andel Institute for Education Empowers Future STEM Students (MiSTEM, November 17, 2023)
• Conference Helps Teachers Encourage Students (Maranda Wood TV, November 10, 2023)
• Registration Open for Free Spring Learning at VAI (Wood TV, November 9, 2023)
• 3 Pillars for Building a Positive Classroom Culture (eSchool News, November 9, 2023)
• Van Andel Institute for Education Deploys Affordable Afterschool PD to Support Educators and Administrators (Interchange, November 2, 2023)

• 5 Strategies to Ignite Student Engagement (eSchool News, October 17, 2023)
• Van Andel Institute for Education Deploys Affordable Afterschool PD to Support Educators and Administrators (MiSTEM, October 16, 2023)
• Van Andel Institute for Education offers K–12 STEM-based Classroom Field Trips and Mobile Science Events (Fox 17, October 2, 2023)

• VAI Ignites a Dynamic New School Year with Engaging K-12 STEM-based Classroom Field Trips and Mobile Science Events (MiSTEM, September 19, 2023)
• Discover the ‘ArtPrize Oasis’: Where art, community and wellness thrive in Grand Rapids (Maranda, September 19, 2023)
• 3 Lessons in Perseverance from a Honey Badger (eSchool News, September 17, 2023)
• VAI Ignites a Dynamic New School Year with Engaging K-12 STEM-based Classroom Field Trips and Mobile Science Events (Interchange, September 14, 2023)