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Fishers highlights $500,000 teacher innovation fund as student film reaches festival
Summary
City officials and volunteers reported on a teacher innovation fund seeded with $500,000 and topped each year with $50,000; the program funded STEM makerspaces, VR welding training and a student-produced short that was accepted to the Indiana Heartland International Film Festival.
Fishers City officials on Nov. 17 described how a city-funded teacher innovation program has translated into new classroom equipment, student externships and a film accepted into a regional festival.
Mike Fassel, the educator who led the city-side efforts, said the program began with a $500,000 set-aside and receives an additional $50,000 annually. "If you want STEM to work, you gotta get it to them in, elementary school,"…
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