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…
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A workshop that gives families a chance to connect over coding or persevere through an engineering design challenge is…
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Parents can play an important role in supporting their children’s learning and pathways with technology. However, when programs have…
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From preventing summer learning loss to promoting engagement in STEM, there is abundant research that parents play an important…
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Girls don’t start out with less interest in STEM. In preschool, they are curious, bold in their actions, and…
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Family STEM night. Check. While it’s great to host a celebration so that parents can see what their children…
STEM Careers & Families: Learning from Centers and Museums
In today’s fast-paced, entertainment-focused world, the very best museums do so much more than provide rainy day activities that…
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You may have designed a great Family STEM event, and are surprised that the families that you were expecting…
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We’re back with more ideas for promoting family engagement. How many times have you planned a family STEM event…
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We begin this series with promising practices that welcome parents and caregivers to our STEM work. Family engagement at…
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Early Wins and Lessons Learned: How the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem Engages Families
In this case study, Drs. Kekelis and Sammet highlight the work of the Bay Area STEM Ecosystem, which aims…
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…
Collaborations Power Computer Science Education
Happy Computer Science Education Week! Maybe you had the chance to join one of the 155,000+ CS Ed Week/Hour…
A Success Story
In October, ExpandED Schools and the Pinkerton Foundation jointly released a brief entitled From Meeting to Impact: How One…
Every Hour Counts Announces Grant Recipients
Image credit: Every Hour CountsIn October, with support from STEM Next, Every Hour Counts announced that After School…
Another Case for Collaboration
The new journal Connected Science Learning just released its second issue with a focus on professional development partnerships between…
How Art Motivates STEM Learning
Photo credit: NAANoting how often skilled scientists are also artists and vice versa, Andy Allan of the National…
STEM Educators Academy Research Brief – Lessons in Cross-Sector Professional Development and Teaching/Learning
Source: ExpandED SchoolsExpand ED Schools – a partner in two key STEM Next initiatives – the New York…
How can Afterschool and Summer Programs Support the Next Generation Science Standards?
Source: Afterschool AllianceThe Afterschool Alliance has released a new guide: Getting Started with the Next Generation Science Standards,…
STEM Ecosystems and a New Kind of SWAT Team
Writing in the Huffington Post earlier this month, our friend and colleague Paula Golden, Executive Director of the Broadcom…
