Four R.I. educators win science-teaching grants

WEST GREENWICH – Four Rhode Island teachers have won the 2010 Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE).
The AASTE program recognizes teachers who have demonstrated an outstanding ability to inspire their students and produce results in science education.
Each teacher receives an unrestricted $5,000 grant. In addition, their schools receive a restricted $5,000 grant that can be used for the expansion or enhancement of the school’s science program, science resources, or the professional development of the school’s science teachers.
The 2010 winners are: Carrie Clegg, Hampden Meadows School, Barrington; Kristen Deschene, Western Coventry Elementary School, Coventry; Erin Michael Escher, Portsmouth Middle School; and Catherine Hibbitt, Lincoln School, Providence &#8226