STEM Middle Early College Partnership and The Common Core State Standards were the focus of the Middle College National Consortium's 22nd Annual Summer Professional Development Institute. A record 240 attendees from over fifty-five high schools, school districts and colleges came together to attend workshops, network with like minded educators, plan for the upcoming school year, and hear Dr. Christopher Emdin, Associate Professor, Science Education, Teachers college, Columbia University give a stem winder of a keynote address on bridging cultural differences in the classroom.(PRWeb July 15, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/middlecollege/dualenrollment/prweb12010953.htm