2010 PTEC Conference - Nov 3, 2009

The 2010 PTEC Conference will be held February 12-13, 2010 in Washington, D.C.  The meeting will be held in conjunction with the American Physical Society "April" Meeting, the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, the National Society of Black Physicists Meeting and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists Meeting.

Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics - Nov 3, 2009

The joint APS-AAPT-American Institute of Physics is leading the physics community in a response to national and international pressure for a drastic improvement in pre-college science education. Its report will be released in February 2010 at the PTEC Conference.

University of Arkansas, Success Story - Nov 3, 2009

Reforms to the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Arkansas led to a dramatic increase in the number of physics majors. This set the stage for the university's success in the PhysTEC project, during which the number of graduating physics teachers increased by over a factor of 10.