Angles on engineering and STEM shaped many big stories of the summer, from tech industry gender gaps to travel tensions to dramatic natural phenomena. Read more about it here to get all the details.
Read MoreAccess and Diversity Occupy Attention at STEM Solutions Meeting
Questions about access to STEM education and how to connect it to students’ existing interests dominated discussions at this year’s always-interesting U.S. News STEM Solutions meeting.
Read MorePeople Really Don't Like the Budget Request
Nobody likes the White House budget request, which has inspired fierce rhetoric in opposition to radical, dangerous cuts to STEM education and research.
Read MoreLast Word on STEM Budget Better than the First
Congress passed a FY2017 spending bill with strong support for research and development activities, but a bit less than that for STEM education. See whose ox got gored, and whose didn’t.
Read MoreSpringtime STEM Events Evoke New Beginnings
A round-up of springtime STEM events, including the March for Science, highlights many reasons how this could be a season of change and new beginnings for STEM-interested learners and practitioners of all ages.
Read MoreTough Budget for STEM Not the Last Word
The White House budget blueprint would decimate funding for STEM research and education programs. How likely is it actually to happen?
Read MoreA Great New Way to Get Kids Excited about Engineering
Engineering can be a great career for almost any kind of student. The updated Start Engineering Career Guide shows how, with new features on the cool things engineers can do and the most-recent information on degree programs, salaries, and career prospects.
Read MoreAs Engineering Grows in K-12, Who Will Teach It?
All the complicated questions about K-12 engineering can boil down this: Who will be there to teach it? Find out how current and future teachers get trained in engineering and who’s doing it.
Read MoreEngineering as a Stealth Language Art, Part 2
Putting engineering and literacy learning efforts together in the classroom can be a challenge. Here are a several ways people have done it with success and imagination.
Read MoreEngineering as a Stealth Language Art, Part 1
How many bars are in this picture? What we see often depends on how we see it. From one angle, engineering is all about math and science. From another, it's a great tool for, yes, literacy.
Read MoreEngineering Solutions to Development Needs
Billions of people live without clean water, adequate shelter, or reliable sanitation. Implementing appropriate development solutions cuts across many different fields, but humanitarian engineering is often the first step in meeting people’s needs for basic, durable infrastructure.
Read MoreHow Engineers Week Works for Educators and Engineers Alike
Engineering organizations across the country are gearing up Engineers Week, February 19-25. Improving public understanding of the field is an ongoing challenge; we've got publications that can help, great for all age groups.
Read MoreIs the Climate Changing for STEM Education?
The new administration has given few clues about its views of STEM education. The nominee for Secretary of Education provides plenty of reasons to wonder if the changes will be positive.
Read More12 Engineering Toys to Teach and Delight
Toys don't need buttons or batteries to build engineering and technology skills. These low-tech, easy-to-use toys teach and delight by letting kids explore and imagine their way to creations and inventions of their very own.
Read More3 Reasons for K-12 Engineering You Just Can’t Argue With
Liz Parry's K-12 engineering story has gone all the way to the Oval Office. In her vision of things, yes, engineering promotes students' learning and achievement. It can also help them become more engaged, informed citizens.
Read More9 Great Answers to "What Is STEM and How Can I Use It?"
STEM commands great attention in K-12 education, but how does it actually work? Here are 9 places to go to find out what it's all about and how it can help in the classroom.
Read MoreThe Heart of the Matter: How to Inspire Future Engineers
Engineering can seem like the Tin Man of professions, eminently useful but lacking heart. Here's a rich, fun talk with Dave Goldberg, of "A Whole New Engineer" fame, about how to show students the engaging, inspiring possibilities of the field.
Read MoreArab Women Make a Charge into Engineering
U.S women continue to stay away from engineering in droves. Arab women are flocking to the field in ever-greater numbers. What can we learn from the Middle East about closing the gender gap in engineering?
Read MoreAn Advocate for STEM Before STEM Even Existed
The rise of STEM education owes much to advocacy work done in Washington and across the country. Patti Curtis, Director of the Washington Office of the National Center for Technological Literacy, has been front and center in this effort for more than 15 years. Here's what she knows now.
Read MoreCS Crashes the Summer in STEM
On various fronts, computer science has announced its presence with authority in the field of STEM education. See why the next steps will be so difficult.
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