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DuPont Collaborates with Agricultural Educators to Reach More Students
Date:3/19/2013

JOHNSTON, Iowa and LEXINGTON, Ky. (PRWEB) March 19, 2013

DuPont and the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) has awarded $200,000 in grants to provide agriscience educators with training and classroom resources to implement advanced curriculum that will better prepare students for future careers in agriculture and food.

DuPont Pioneer is working closely with the National Association of Agricultural Educators to award grants to teachers who are implementing Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE), but need additional funding.

“Feeding the world will require that more students understand agriculture and become future leaders in food and agriscience,” said Michelle Gowdy, director of Community & Academic Relations for DuPont Pioneer. “We are working with others in education and in agriculture to ensure teachers have the best tools at their disposal to get more kids excited about agriculture and careers in agriscience.”

CASE is a multi-year approach to agriscience education with rigorous educator training requirements and hands-on, inquiry focused learning activities. The collaboration with DuPont Pioneer and CASE is a special project of the National FFA Foundation.

“We are excited that DuPont Pioneer understands the importance of CASE, and they’re putting their funding where teachers have said they need it most,” said Dan Jansen, CASE project director. “These grants will help teachers who have wanted to implement the CASE curriculum but have not been able to because of school budgets.”

The DuPont Pioneer grants will be available to help with three areas teachers have identified as cost barriers to implementing the program in their schools – teacher traini
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