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Chemistry education faculty at Stony Brook and Carnegie Mellon University want to help AP chemistry teachers adapt to the new AP curriculum, and will create a new website to help support teacher needs: the APChemCollaborative (APCC). Could you please take a moment and help us understand you and your needs better, so we can create a successful design?

Join us in professionalizing the career

greg rushton | Sat, 10/18/2014 - 05:28

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Hi everyone, I’ve spent much of my time over the past 10 years since moving from high school to college chemistry teaching thinking about whether I made the right choice in doing so.

Chemistry in Past and New Science Frameworks and Standards: Gains, Losses, and Missed Opportunities

greg rushton | Fri, 04/04/2014 - 19:35

I've read this recent JCE article a couple times and have been thinking about its potential impact on our K12 community as we begin to consider the challenges and the opportunities associated with the NGSS.

Cutting-Edge and Cross-Cutting: Connecting the Dots between Nanotechnology and High School Chemistry

greg rushton | Wed, 08/08/2012 - 22:28

In a recent editorial at JCE, my colleague Brett Criswell and I wrote about connecting the nanotechnology theme of this year's

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