Supporting Families and COVID-19: We’ve Got to Get This Right
By Linda Kekelis and Ron Ottinger Bedtime MathThese are challenging times as we deal with the COVID-19 health crisis…
Listening: The “Secret Sauce” for Impactful Family Engagement
We don’t have the resources to listen to families. We tried but didn’t get much feedback. We don’t see…
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day: Only the Beginning
Get ready. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day will be hosted February 20, 2020 during Engineers Week. Girls want to make the…
From an Hour of Code to a Year of Possibilities
Cheers to another successful Computer Science Education Week. What began as a one-hour coding challenge has expanded into a worldwide…
10 Fun and Free Holiday Gifts for 2019
This year I am switching up my usual holiday gift list and sharing ideas that make time for creativity…
How Do We Achieve Computer Science for All? Not without Family Engagement
Computer science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and venture capital. Imagine youth in Detroit, DC, and Des Moines bringing their talents,…
2019 The Summer of STEM
“Not all summers are created equal.” We agree with this assessment from Laura Johnson, VP of Communications at the National…
Where Do Families Go for STEM?
What do libraries have to do with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)? These days, plenty. You can find…
Public Libraries in the STEM Ecosystem
Bringing science-themed workshops to families in rural Appalachia, giving students and families in a summer meal program a chance…
Introduce a Girl (and Her Family) to Engineering Day
February 21, 2019 is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. This special day during National Engineers Week helps girls understand they have…
Science Chapter Books: Launchpads for Middle Schoolers
Sharing a few chapter book gems with parents and caregivers can be a brief but highly productive part of…
Five Ideas to Inspire Every Girl in STEM
Girls have the potential for greatness as inventors and creative forces in their communities. They just need the opportunity…
Flipping the Engagement Model on Its Head: Bringing STEM Home to Families
STEM programs often approach family engagement in a similar way—with a one-time, end-of-program celebration in which youth show-and-tell STEM…
- By Linda Kekelis in Guest Blog on
Reflections for Dads of Daughters
In honor of Father's Day 2018, our family engagement advisor, Linda Kekelis PhD, shared a blog she wrote on…
Books can inspire a future astronaut, cyber security expert, or gameplay engineer
Now is the perfect time to think about what your child, neighbor, coworker’s child, or students will be doing…
STEM Next Strategy in Action: Young People Talk about STEM at Boys & Girls Clubs
STEM Next aims to make STEM come alive for young people, so they can discover their interests and passions…
Focus Moves to States to Advance STEM in Out-of-School Time
The new Every Student Succeeds Act moves states to the forefront on education policy and resource allocation. Taking advantage…
Equipping Afterschool Educators to Teach STEM: The Maryland Out of School Time Network’s STEMbassadors
As one of 50 statewide afterschool networks supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Maryland Out of School Time…
Measuring the Quality and Impact of Afterschool STEM Programs
STEM Next – along with many others seeking expanded opportunities for young people to experience high quality STEM learning…
- By STEM Next and Dylan fitzgerald in Guest Blog on
Click2Science PD: A Low-Cost, High Impact Solution to Building STEM Skills of OST Educators
Guest post by Kathleen Lodl, Associate Dean, Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska, Lincoln klodl1@unl.edu High quality, well-facilitated STEM activ…
