Welcome Back to Afterschool: Finding Our STEM Superpower with Family Engagement
The afterschool community has stepped up with its superpower in responding to the education, social, economic, and health challenges of the past year and half for different communi
Million Girls Moonshot
Summer is coming. So is the search for ideas to support summer learning. Let’s not let stereotypes hold us back from providing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (
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 family night at a school, or open house at a library.
Afterschool STEM programs inspire kids to keep learning
At an after-school STEM club in Rhode Island, students are working on an engineering challenge. The low-stakes, fun environment offers time for exploration.
Promising Practice for Engaging Families: Spotlight 03
You may have designed a great Family STEM event, and are surprised that the families that you were expecting didn’t attend. What went wrong? Maybe you thought the event site was
How to Integrate STEM into Early Childhood Education
Two important new reports on early childhood STEM call for action to support teachers, engage parents, build public awareness, and invest in research.
Recognizing Excellent STEM Mentoring Programs
Research led by Techbridge and others has found that mentoring is a critically important strategy for supporting underserved and underrepresented students to succeed in STEM. Techb
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 Network (MassCAN) released a guide to progress on com
STEM Ready America: A Compendium
On Wednesday, March 1, new resources and research was released, highlighting how afterschool programs can provide gains in critical workforce skills and interest in STEM career
Tiger Woods Foundation and Discovery Education Launch TGR EDU: Explore
The Tiger Woods Foundation and Discovery Education recently launched TGR EDU: Explore, a new web-based resource to help middle and high school students navigate the college explora