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About Corina Fiore

Corina Fiore, The Broad Side’s Science Editor, is a  curriculum designer, professional photographer, writer, educator, mother and idealist.  She is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the blog She Acts, a site dedicated to moving words to action.  Corina believes that community service and education aren’t ideas, they are ways of life.  Her writing is included in Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America.

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Teaching and Watching for the Next Rehteah Parsons

By on April 14, 2013

She edged into my classroom, hoping not to be noticed as the new kid to the school.  It was late January of her 9th grade year.  I read her demeanor immediately.  She didn’t want a fuss, she didn’t want to talk, she shut down, closed herself off to the friendly smiles, built a brick wall [...]

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Ryan White, Part Deux

By on December 8, 2011

Milton and  Catherine Hershey had a vision.  Their vision was realized in the Milton Hershey School, to “nurture and educate children in social and financial need to lead fulfilling and productive lives.“  To that end, the Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania has provided thousands of under-served and underprivileged children a stellar education free of charge [...]

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Our Leadership Crisis

By on December 2, 2011

Sexual harassment scandals. Super-committees failing to live up to their name. CEO’s taking big bonuses while their company lays off employees. Coaches and universities protecting an alleged pedophile in order to protect the institution. Congressmen retiring because running for re-election means that they might have to listen to the voters. Lobbyists lining their pockets instead [...]

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On Steve Jobs and the Future of STEM Education

By on October 21, 2011

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education is something I think about on a daily basis.  After all, I currently work as a science curriculum designer and I am a former high school science teacher, with hopes to return to the classroom.  I come from a long line of physicists  and engineers and I am [...]

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