Current update

News from and about eMINTS. This week's news MO governor's visit & budget proposal eMINTS Winter Conference registration continues Weekly update holiday   Standing offers Newest and updated eThemes

Current update - December 17, 2007

Missouri governor visits eMINTS classrooms and announces budget proposal

Governor Matt Blunt visited eMINTS classrooms at Maplewood-Richmond Heights on December 14. Special thanks to everyone at MRH for their hospitality and for all the work involved in preparing for the visit. The governor toured the 1:1 laptop program in the middle school with stops in Tammy Brown's social studies classroom and Christy Moore's science classroom. Following the visit, Governor Blunt announced his FY09 proposal to fund 12 school-wide eMINTS programs across the state and to fund an equal number of school-wide mathematics and science curriculum implementations for the 2008-2009 school year.

The eMINTS program implementations proposed by Governor Blunt are in addition to any school-wide programs that may be funded using federal Title II.D EETT funds. Watch for details about the grant competition for eMINTS programs and for the mathematics and science curriculum programs.
Guidelines and application details are being developed at DESE and are expected to be released in mid-January 2008.

eMINTS Winter Conference registration continues

Registration for the eMINTS Winter Conference to be held in Columbia, MO on Thursday, Feb. 28 and/or Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 are coming in rapidly. Don't miss your chance! The conference features two very special guests: David Warlick and Bernie Dodge. David will be here for the pre-conference and Thursday, while Bernie will be here Thursday and Friday. New this year is a pre-conference option on Wednesday, Feb, 27 from 1-4 p.m. Participants may choose to attend a pre-conference workshop only, pre-conference & one conference day, both conference days or all three days.

The conference is open to all educators who are interested in eMINTS topics. For complete information about the conference, including hotel accommodations, registration costs and the conference program visit the conference website ....

Weekly update taking holiday break

The weekly update will not be published December 23 or 31. Regular updates will resume Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Happy holidays.

Newest eThemes

Find the current list of new eThemes.

Monica Beglau
Executive Director, eMINTS National Center

Reviewed December 18, 2007.