Toms River Teacher Awarded STEM Research Grant
A Toms River teacher has been awarded a grant to support her science classroom and instruction from the Society for Science.
Jessica Kurtz, a biology teacher at Toms River High School East, is one of 41 teachers honored for the 2023-24 school year by the society, a nonprofit that aims to advance STEM education and build science literacy.
The society’s STEM Research Grants program is “an initiative dedicated to advancing hands-on science education in middle and high school classrooms nationwide,” the organization said.