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Welcome!
Here's this week's edition of the STEM Ed Update. Enjoy. |
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Coalition Update:
RSA Conference Joins the Coalition's Leadership Council
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has  joined the Coalition's Leadership
Council. In addition to hosting cyber
security conferences throughout the
world, RSA Conference brings together
over 24,000 people and 300 security vendors in San Francisco every year and they have made a strategic decision to add a significant focus on STEM education to their future programming.
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Top Article:
STEM Champion Rep. Rush Holt to Retire
STEM Education Coalition
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Earlier this week, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) announced that we will not be seeking re-election to his seat in the U. S. House this fall. Holt, who was first elected in 1998, has been an outspoken cham-pion for STEM education during his entire tenure in Congress. The STEM Education Coalition has worked closely with Rep. Holt on many, many issues over the years.
Read more here.
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Stay in the Know:
Latest STEM Education Policy News Across the U.S. |
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Outreach, Job Shadowing Can Get Students More Interested in STEM Careers
Campus Technology
The "STEM pipeline" is leaking. But according to a new study published today, there's a fairly straightforward way to patch it up: Expose high school students to the actual workplaces where science, technology, engineering and math are done.
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Superhero Adds Excitement to Math Curriculum
The Beach Reporter
His red cape billowing behind him, a red mask hiding his eyes, Zero the Hero pulls up on  his Harley Davidson motorcycle to a kinder-garten classroom at Tulita Elementary School. The kids squeal and giggle in excitement as the motorcycle roars up and halts in front of them.
Read more here.
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Female Students Start to Show More Interest in Science and Engineering
The Guardian
The number of female students considering university courses in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects has seen a bigger increase over the last seven years than for male students, according to new research. The survey, compiled by Cambridge Occupational Analysts (COA), is based on detailed analysis of answers to 150 questions by around 20,000 sixth formers each year for the last seven years.
Read more here.
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How Much Do American Know About Science?
Smithsonian
The idea that the nation faces a crisis in science education has more than hit home: Many Americans think U.S. teens perform even worse on standardized science tests than they actually do. That's according to a new national survey by Smithsonian and the Pew Research Center that also found unusually strong support for boosting math and science instruction in school.
Read more here.
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We appreciate your continued support and involvement.
Sincerely,
The STEM Education Coalition
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February 26, 2014
STEM Ed Caucus:
"How do we scale up and sustain STEM engagement programs that work?"
March 3, 2014
Fun Learning at the Embassy of Finland
with
Rovio Entertainment, creators of
"Angry Birds"
April 22-24, 2014
Humans 2 Mars
Summit 2014
Summer 2014
OSTP White House Internship
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