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TechStart School Day is off to a fantastic start at Highlands Elementary in Renton.  This week, our co-teacher Jonathan Howland sent me this story about his students: The students at […]

TAF Academy Seniors Start Senior Projects This month our 21 TAF Academy seniors received the handbook for their senior projects.  They’ll spend the rest of the school year completing them, [...]

My name is David, and I’m the STEM Integration Program Manager at TAF. This past weekend 18 TAF Academy students from the 10th -12th grade spent three days sailing the […]

We’re a month into the school year and we’re already off to a great start! I want to refresh your memory on a pivotal paragraph in our original vision for […]

Danny Glover on Leadership and Math TAF Academy students and staff got the opportunity to spend time with one of America’s leading actors, and as it turns out, education [...]

Unintended Consequences At the beginning of this year I testified in Olympia on a two bills and gave a report on a STEM education committee I was a part of. […]

It’s Time to Stop Talking! Three years ago a few colleagues and I held a few workshops for four classes of 6th grade students about a Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

Five characteristics of an effective 21st-century educator From eSchoolNews: Today’s educators are constantly evaluating the skills students need to compete in the global economy. But what are [...]

The City of Seattle announced that TAF was one of 23 community organizations selected to receive a technology matching grant this year. The grant will support our TechStart program at […]

TAF Academy Project Reaches Ashoka Changemakers’ Top 34! TAF Academy’s Teacher-Scientist Partnerships program has been selected as a top innovation in STEM education, out of a [...]