Telling Your STEM Story: A Compelling Strategy for Sustainability
Telling Your STEM Story: A Compelling Strategy for Sustainability By Ron Ottinger and Melissa Mortiz Photo by Sobia Akhtar It’s midterm election…
Decoding D.C.’s Alphabet Soup of Legislation – Implications for STEM Learning for Back to School Season 2022
Decoding D.C.’s Alphabet Soup of Legislation - Implications for STEM Learning for Back to School Season 2022By Ron Ottinger…
Changing the Game for Families in STEM
In my years as the Executive Director of the Noyce Foundation, and now continuing the Noyce legacy through the…
Trump’s new budget seeks to end funding for afterschool and other STEM education programs
The Trump Administration has decided to double-down on funding cuts in education that would be devastating for the millions…
How is Your State Doing on Computer Science Education Policy?
Supported by BNY Mellon, in March 2017, a coalition of organizations convened by EDC and the Massachusetts Computer Attainment…
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…
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…
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…
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…
U.S. House Passes Perkins CTE Bill Reauthorization
In mid-September the House passed a bipartisan reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act which is…
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…
