Every Hour Counts Announces Grant Recipients
In October, with support from STEM Next, Every Hour Counts announced that After School Matters (Chicago), the Family League of Baltimore, Nashville After Zone Alliance and Pri
Another Case for Collaboration
The new journal Connected Science Learning just released its second issue with a focus on professional development partnerships between in-school and out-of-school STEM educators.
Advancing State Policy for STEM Afterschool
All are closely watching to see what the change in Administration will mean for the federal government’s role in STEM education and what kinds of responses will be needed
How Art Motivates STEM Learning
Noting how often skilled scientists are also artists and vice versa, Andy Allan of the National Afterschool Association pens a thoughtful article, How Art Motivates STEM Learning,
Funding Opportunites
Grants Support Cross-Sector Partnerships Between Informal Science Institutions and Higher Education – Proposals due 9:00am ET on Oct. 3, 2016 The National Center for Science
STEM Educators Academy Research Brief – Lessons in Cross-Sector Professional Development and Teaching/Learning
Expand ED Schools – a partner in two key STEM Next initiatives – the New York City STEM Education Network ecosystem, and the Frontiers in Urban Science Education (FUSE) project
How can Afterschool and Summer Programs Support the Next Generation Science Standards?
The Afterschool Alliance has released a new guide: Getting Started with the Next Generation Science Standards, intended to help afterschool educators and programs understand what t
What is Systems Thinking and Why Do We Need It?
One 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 improvement, at scale, i
Upcoming Webinar on How ESSA will Impact STEM Education K12
The 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 ET to discuss the imp