NEW ORLEANS – STEM Library Lab has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new STEM Ecosystem Hub headquarters in Metairie. STEM Library Lab is a local nonprofit that fosters high-quality active learning by providing teachers and students...
It is a place that gives teachers critical supplies that they would maybe have to purchase themselves. Each year teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money providing items for their classrooms. During the coronavirus pandemic, STEM Library Lab had to adapt...
Todd Wackerman thought he was going to be a history teacher. Then he ended up teaching physics “almost by accident” and discovered his passion for science education. Wackerman decided to combine that passion with a lifelong desire to address racial and...
The New Orleans Advocate, 08/09/2019, by Celeste Turner, photo by Chris Granger – Much the same way that a card-carrying member can walk into a public library and come out with a book, teachers can walk into the STEM Library Lab in Gentilly and borrow everything...
St. Charles Magazine, 01/31/2020, by Lindsay Mack, Photos by Cheryl Gerber While working as a science teacher in New Orleans, Todd Wackerman faced a common dilemma: lab materials are often outside the school’s budget. To help other educators facing a similar issue,...
Biz New Orleans, 03/01/2019, by Ashley McLellan – Careers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) have been lauded for years as the path to the best jobs with the best pay, but when New Orleans math and science teacher Todd Wackerman tried to...
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