{"id":907,"date":"2020-07-15T15:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/?page_id=907"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:11:53","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"has-custombg-two-background-color wp-block-ncst-button-spotlight\">\n    <div class=\"button-spotlight__container\">\n          <div class=\"button-spotlight__icon-container ncst-icon\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M21.2052 2.18296C21.205 2.17937 21.205 2.17577 21.2052 2.17218L19.2623 2.25937C19.259 2.63765 19.2885 3.01734 19.3091 3.39515C19.3898 4.8764 19.0316 5.3564 17.5973 5.68265C17.1562 5.78296 16.7066 5.86593 16.2801 6.01077C14.3493 6.66702 13.4235 8.35734 13.874 10.3823L15.727 10.0345C15.727 9.94546 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6\u20138)<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/nctm.wistia.com\/medias\/38m0u2dj6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video of Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCSM &#8220;2020 Virtual Conference&#8221; &#8211; March 31, 2020<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/07\/NCSM-2020-Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Math Shark Tank: Entrepreneurial Challenges for Middle Grades<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCCTM &#8220;2019 State Mathematics Conference&#8221; &#8211; November 8, 2019<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/07\/Entrepreneurial-Challenges-for-Middle-Grades-Math.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entrepreneurial Challenges for Middle Grades Math<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National STEM Education Research Summit, Raleigh, NC &#8211; October 10, 2019<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/07\/Design_Pitch_Oct_2019_FI.Con_Kru_Bel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engaging Middle Grades Students in STEM-Based Entrepreneurial Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-rss-feed ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">News Stories<\/h2>\n                                <a\n              href=\"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/news\"\n              class=\"ncst-labeled-section__link\"\n                                          data-ua-cat=\"Featured Content Block\" data-ua-action=\"Label Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/design-and-pitch\/news\"\n            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