BP funds STEM initiatiive in Trumbull County schools

WARREN — BP is funding a $50,000 initiative to equip teachers in Trumbull County with a web-based STEM-education program.

The program will help 20,000 students in Trumbull County from fourth to 12th grades improve their science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills, said Robert Marino Jr., assistant superintendent at the Trumbull County Educational Service Center. The program uses problem-based learning techniques and multimedia resources.

The donation from BP covers the cost of the licensing software to access the “Defined STEM” program in every classroom in the county and it will also cover the cost of training more than 200 teachers during a two-year period, said Brice Harris, science director for TCESC. The announcement of the funding was made today at the service center.

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