August 12, 2019What I did on my summer vacation: the teachers’ version!We love hearing about what students are up to over summer vacation, be it a cool STEM camp, a great trip with…
July 23, 2019Courtney Dickinson on what’s possible in educationCourtney Dickinson sits down with Allen Saakyan of Simulation Series to discuss why she founded Acera, her 10 Tools to Transform Schools,…
May 23, 2019Creating a sense of purpose at schoolBy Courtney Dickinson I read an insightful piece in the Boston Globe this week on the link between happiness and having a…
May 22, 2019Biomes and Butterflies!How do land and water ecosystems interact? How are their food webs structured? What role does a pollinator play? These are the…
April 4, 2019Special Delivery: Science!KIPP Lynn high school is among the first cohort of teachers to receive Acera's free life sciences training, curricula and equipment, enabling…
March 29, 2019“Teaching by Tinkering” at Lowell Public SchoolsMore than 50 teachers across the Lowell Public Schools spent an afternoon with Alisha Collins, Acera's SEEDS StudioLab Manager, for a lesson…
March 22, 2019Exploring the science of candy!Watch as students in Ms. Alisha's "Choreography of Matter" class discover how materials like sugar, cornstarch, and vinegar interact while making hand-pulled…
March 14, 2019Creative projects and tapping a sense of purpose leads to girls’ engagement in STEMShe rotates the table of projects, rapt. There’s a critter bot creation which moves with its robotics component, a 3D printed structure…
February 27, 2019Connecting Heart with Imagination and InnovationBy Courtney Dickinson @CourtneyofAcera Could motivating positive habits and self awareness around pulse rates, exercise, and stress/anxiety prevention help students’ well being…
January 15, 2019Acera receives $50,000 from Bristol-Myers Squibb to reinvent high school biologyGlobal biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb has invested $50,000 in Acera School’s education innovation initiative. The funding supports Acera’s “Life Sciences Change Agent…
