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STEM Educators Academy Research Brief – Lessons in Cross-Sector Professional Development and Teaching/Learning
Read moreSource: ExpandED SchoolsExpand ED Schools – a partner in two key STEM Next initiatives – the New York City STEM Education Network ecosystem, and the Frontiers…
How can Afterschool and Summer Programs Support the Next Generation Science Standards?
Read moreSource: Afterschool AllianceThe Afterschool Alliance has released a new guide: Getting Started with the Next Generation Science Standards, intended to help af…
What is Systems Thinking and Why Do We Need It?
Read moreOne of STEM Next’s key strategies is to cultivate systems to support STEM learning – an approach that is aimed at building sustainability for long term improve…
Upcoming Webinar on How ESSA will Impact STEM Education K12
Read moreThe National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the STEM Education Coalition and STEMx are co-presenting a webinar on Wednesday, October 5 from 6:30-8:00PM E…
U.S. House Passes Perkins CTE Bill Reauthorization
Read moreIn mid-September the House passed a bipartisan reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act which is supported by both the Associati…
STEM Ecosystems and a New Kind of SWAT Team
Read moreWriting in the Huffington Post earlier this month, our friend and colleague Paula Golden, Executive Director of the Broadcom Foundation, explained that STEM ec…
STEM Learning Ecosystems – Key Strategy to Build Community Scientific Literacy?
Read moreSTEM Learning Ecosystems Cultivate Scientific Literacy of Communities How Does Science Help Everyone?On August 9, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on…
Equipping Afterschool Educators to Teach STEM: The Maryland Out of School Time Network’s STEMbassadors
Read moreAs one of 50 statewide afterschool networks supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Maryland Out of School Time Network (MOST) focuses on building go…
Measuring the Quality and Impact of Afterschool STEM Programs
Read moreSTEM Next – along with many others seeking expanded opportunities for young people to experience high quality STEM learning – looks to afterschool programs as …
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STEM – NSF funding opportunity
Read more2016 NSF ITEST Solicitation Information, deadline August 10ITEST is a program that promotes PreK-12 student interests and capacities to participate in the scie…
