CBS SF Bay Area: Top STEM High Schools In The Country & How
They Are
Making A Difference
Published:
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 12:35
CBS SF Bay Area
This past August, New York Lt. Governor Robert Duffy, State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, and other dignitaries attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for a shiny new building on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Albany. The building is not another campus library or residence hall, it is the new home of Tech Valley High School. The school, which has been operating at two locations in nearby Rensselaer County since it opened in 2007, is a specialized public high school with a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focus.
Tech Valley High students, who are selected for admission by lottery, are drawn from 47 school districts in New York’s Capital Region. The graduating classes are small; total enrollment for the 2014-2015 school year is slightly more than 140 students. It is the North Coast demonstration site for the New Tech Network, a non-profit that provides support and services to high schools implementing project-based learning programs.
