Rescue robots, a mind-blowing music video, and the greatest machine that never was headline 9 great engineering TED talks.
Read MoreRound-Up: Holiday Fun, a Mixed ESSA Bag, and Perhaps a Reprieve from the Robots
A dash of engineering for the holidays, an education law with something for everyone, and the hair dryer that fried IBM.
Read MoreNot the Same Old Engineering Toy List
Carefully researched, tested by experts, guaranteed fun - our list of engineering-related toys is full of great ideas for play and learning at any age.
Read MoreHow Is Engineering Really Relevant in K-12?
Looking at the relevance of engineering to our daily lives provides a rich, accessible angle for bringing the subject into K-12 teaching and learning. From ergonomics to ethics to geopolitics, engineering can serve to integrate disciplines far beyond just the STEM fields.
Read MoreK-12 Learning by Engineering Design
The most valuable lesson students can get from K-12 engineering? It could be the design process, a template for critical thinking, transferable to almost any problem-solving challenge.
Read MoreFailing Better with K-12 Engineering
Failure gets a bad rap in education. As part of an approach to K-12 engineering, failure can provide unique lessons for teachers and students alike.
Read MoreHacking the NGSS Engineering Standards
K-12 standards are starting to include engineering, the missing "E" in STEM. Educators are going to have to adapt. Our hack will help get people started on the way to STEM integration that includes all four fields.
Read MoreHow to Protect Your Students from Job-Eating Robots
Robots are taking more and more jobs away from people. How to get students ready for the automated economy? Stories might show the way.
Read MoreICYMI: The Summer in K-12 Engineering Education
A busy summer in K-12 engineering, as seen through meetings, policy actions, a big new website, the return of MacGyver(!), and a coloring book for young learners.
Read MoreRound-Up: Highlights from STEM Solutions
The U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference burst at the seams with insights and opinions about the state of STEM education and where it's going. Read a summary of the highlights across topics like diversity, workforce retention, and STEM learning.
Read MoreRound-Up: STEM Solutions Out West, Digital Manufacturing, and Water Balloons
From STEM Solutions in San Diego to digital manufacturing to making 100 water balloons in 60 seconds, a seasonally adjusted round-up of engineering-related items.
Read MoreReady or Not, Engineering Is Coming to K-12
New learning standards embed engineering in K-12 science education. Engineering educators are mobilizing on all kinds of fronts to make it actually work. Find out about all the exciting work here.
Read MoreWhat IS Outreach? Our Survey Has the Answers
"Engineering Outreach on Campus" offers reliable, uniquely comprehensive data and insights from 109 programs at 91 schools running outreach programs for K-12 audiences. Get a copy at our website to see what's really going on in the field.
Read MoreRound-up: 15 STEM Stories, from Chinese Hackers to London Mums
Achievement in STEM doesn't always signify on the street, plus stories ranging from Chinese hackers to London mums to liberal arts grads going coding.
Read MoreWas Gender Bias in Science All Just a Dream?
Gender bias in science, now you see it, now you don't. Can so many people actually be wrong about it?
Read More"Nobody's Figured It Out": Diversity and Outreach
The first step in solving the STEM diversity problem is effective outreach. Only problem - it's really hard to do. Take a closer look at why people so often get it wrong, and how some people get it right.
Read MoreSTEM "Dangers" Just Don't Rate
Fareed Zakaria marshals sophistry to defend liberal education against incursions supposedly mounted by a push for technical, job-related skills under the rubric of STEM education. People respond.
Read MoreCan Entrepreneurship Save Engineering Education?
For engineers, the idea of starting your own company comes packaged in sparkling myth and alluring legend. Its appeal is bringing change to engineering education, led by student demand. Will entrepreneurship remake engineering education? Find out who's leading the charge and where they're going.
Read MoreRound-up: About that Bus Full of Lawyers...
Diversity concerns lead the week following International Women's Day, the guilty-pleasure US News graduate school rankings are out, and engineering blows by law school as the education of choice for those in search of job opportunities and good pay.
Read MoreRound-up: Women Making Their Way in Engineering
A reading round-up of articles about women in engineering and technology, from hijab-wearing app developers to the top cities for women in tech to Vivek Wadhwa's regrettable withdrawal from the debates over women in technology.
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