Welcome Back to Afterschool
The afterschool community has stepped up with its superpower in responding to the education, social, economic, and health challenges…
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The M in STEM: Making Mathematics Meaningful
Date: October 5, 2021; 11:00am Pacific/1:00pm Central/2:00pm Eastern
This webinar will focus on engaging and supporting girls and young women in mathematics. We will learn from an…
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Future Skills Educator Academy
A world of infinite possibilities. That is our vision. Our goal at Intel is to create world-changing technology that…
Million Girls Moonshot
Summer is coming. So is the search for ideas to support summer learning. Let’s not let stereotypes hold us…
Choosing to Challenge for Girls in STEM
On March 8th, International Women's Day 2021, we are asked “What will we do to help forge a gender…
Introduce a Girl to Engineering 2021
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2021 is like no other. Girl Day may be different this year, but it…
Mentor Challenge
Starting the new year with a spotlight on mentoring is a good thing. For this year’s National Mentoring campaign we need…
Million Girls Moonshot Sparks STEM Imaginations
11 Affordable Holiday Gift Ideas for GirlsPhoto credit: kite_rinBuilding sets, science kits, computer games, robots. Who receives these gifts…
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Families Are Essential in the STEM Learning Ecosystem
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COVID-19 Requires Us to Reimagine Family Engagement
In this blog we share seven practices to support families in this next generation of family engagement. Guiding questions…
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NEWS RELEASE: Tech and philanthropic leaders launch Million Girls Moonshot to close the gender gap in STEM
The Intel Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation have joined STEM Next Opportunity Fund and the Charles…
We Grieve and We Commit
I and my colleagues at STEM Next grieve for George Floyd and his family. We grieve for Breonna Taylor,…
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,…
Got STEM? Families are the Key as Kids Head Back to School
As kids go back to school, their families are looking for safe places for them to do their homework,…
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…
