Resources
+Nerdvana
Nerdvana channels the newest and most exciting emerging technologies – Drones, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Robotics, Programming, and more- into innovative learning experiences for students all across South Texas. Our mission is to leverage these technologies to challenge students to use the tech to expand their worlds and ignite the lost curiosity in our children. >> Visit Nerdvana for more resources.
+E3 Alliance
E3 Alliance is a regional, data-driven education collaborative based in Austin, Texas. We are helping to build the strongest educational pipeline in the country to drive regional economic prosperity.
E3 Alliance was the pioneer in work called collective impact, which requires a broad range of community representatives to work together to achieve lasting systemic change. Eleven years later, through this process, E3 engages businesses and nonprofits, 15 school districts, eight institutions of higher education and policy leaders across Central Texas to address complex community issues in education. Our collective efforts seek to improve student outcomes across every demographic of our 600,000 children and students throughout the region – from cradle to career! >> Visit E3 Alliance for more resources.
+RGV Focus
RGV FOCUS is a collective impact initiative in collaboration with Educate Texas and Communities Foundation of Texas, was launched in 2012 to transform college readiness, access and success across the Rio Grande Valley’s four-county region. RGV FOCUS brings together a group called the Leadership Team consisting of school district superintendents, higher education presidents, philanthropic partners, and business and community leaders. The Leadership Team is supported by action networks and advisory bodies, such as the Data Support Council, which lead the implementation of the vision and strategy. >> Visit RGV Focus for more resources.
The goal of convening the group is to transform the lives of the region’s more than 415,000 students by aligning systems across the cradle-to-career pipeline to make sure each student is college ready, has access to and achieves postsecondary success, and pursues a meaningful career in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond. Furthermore, RGV FOCUS’s work positions the Rio Grande Valley to support the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) goal to have 60 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds in the state earn a certificate or degree by 2030, a plan known widely as the THECB 60x30 Strategic Plan.
+Leap for STEM
LEAP For STEM® is a subsidiary of FIRST RGV, INC. and is a non-profit group of professionals, mentors and various volunteers from science, technology and engineering careers. Our goal is to help students to enjoy the reward of a STEM career and have some of the hardest fun they will ever have in learning. We offer programs in FIRST robotics, drones, programming / coding, cybersecurity, forensic sciences (CSI) camps and much more..