The ASA/NCTM Joint Committee will sponsor a Beyond AP Statistics (BAPS) workshop for experienced teachers at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago.
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Meeting Within a Meeting
JSM 2016 will feature an MWM statistics workshop for middle- and high-school mathematics and science teachers.
Statisticians as Leaders
Matthew J. Gurka and Vaneeta K. Grover reflect on their experiences in the Preparing Statisticians for Leadership course at JSM and discuss the importance of leadership in the statistics profession from the perspectives of both academia and industry.
STATS 101: Making Statistics Interesting for Students in Their First Course
President David Morganstein talks to Dick De Veaux about STATS101 and what he and his committee are doing to create a kind of life raft for instructors that the ASA will offer to schools and universities.
Presentation Skills Course Provided to NC Chapter
A presentation skills course was held for members of the North Carolina Chapter at the SAS campus in Cary, North Carolina, in May.