Meet STEM Next’s 2025 Flight Crew: Our Largest Cohort Yet with 77 Youth STEM Ambassadors from Across the U.S.
The 2025 Flight Crew of STEM Next is ready for takeoff! We are proud to welcome these remarkable students from across the nation to our largest Flight Crew cohort to date. As membe
Let’s talk what’s possible
America would have four times as many inventors if more women and minorities had the same support and exposure to role models as higher-income white men. Let’s talk what’s pos
The Many Faces of #GirlsLeadSTEM
Early on, I remember hearing that people change careers on average 6 times in their lifetime. Today it is estimated that the average American changes jobs 12 times. In a weird way,
Looking Beyond the Classroom to Get Students Back into Learning
Everywhere we turn, we see headlines and stories hyper-focused on student “learning loss” with the release of daunting new data assessing student learning. It can be overwhelmi
Celebrating Youth Voices in STEM on International Day of the Girl
Guest blog from Suzanne Eisenberg, a freshman at New Mexico Tech, majoring in astrophysics, and recipient of NMOST’s Advancing Young Women Scholarship When I was younger, I never
From Niche to Necessary: Scale and Sustainability Lessons from the FUSE Initiative
The Noyce Foundation and now, STEM Next Opportunity Fund, champion and support effective practices, cross-sector partnerships, and measuring the impact of STEM learning. We are e
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 and gain valuable skills for the future. STEM Next and the Noyce Foundati
Trump Administration’s Budget Would Devastate Afterschool STEM Learning Opportunities For Our Nation’s Youth
President Trump’s proposed budget cuts to afterschool programs would deny millions of American youth the opportunity to engage in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
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
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 of the moment, the Overdeck Family Foundation is supp