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.
Read More"Engineerize" Your Way to Integrated STEM Learning
The many flavors and varieties of K-12 engineering education were on prominent display at the ASEE Annual Conference. STEM integration through the wonders of "engineerizing" was one of the tastiest.
Read MoreRound-Up: Coding While Black, ESSA on Notice, and the Amazing Disposable Diaper
From the tech industry to education policy, diversity and accountability are bedeviling. Will big-city public schools and simple machines based on poetry be enough to save us?
Read MoreWhy and How to Get Started with K-12 Engineering
Why and how to get started with K-12 engineering can be big questions. Here are the answers.
Read MoreIf a Test in STEM Can Be Fun ...
The headlines highlighted girls outperforming boys in engineering and technology literacy. But the real story lies with the test itself. It was fun. Does that have to be strange?
Read MoreMaking STEM a Solid Pillar of National Security
Cutting-edge technical sophistication in warfighting tools and systems is a pillar of military capability. The workforce behind robust defense S&T, though, is under stress from inside and outside the Pentagon. See what the military is doing to make things better.
Read MoreTake Our Children to Work Day: 6 Kids Who Already Got the Memo
Every April, millions of kids get a flavor for what work is all about on Take Your Kids to Work Day. However, when it comes to engineering, these six precocious kids have already figured it out.
Read MoreIs Engineering Outreach to Girls Even Okay?
Engineering can be rough on women. But girls are a major focus of engineering outreach. Should we even be encouraging girls to consider the field?
Read MoreWhy Does Engineering Lag in Afterschool?
Afterschool programs draw 10 million kids every year. But engineering is hard for them to find. What are the obstacles to raising the profile of engineering in afterschool?
Read MoreHispanics Still Playing Catch-up in Engineering
Hispanics have earned an outsized portion of engineering degrees in the last 10 years. But they still have much more room to grow before they graduate at the share they represent of the country as a whole.
Read MoreEngineering a New Message
Engineers Week just wrapped up with a raft of positive, accessible messages spread widely about benefits and opportunities associated with engineering. For a field with a lot of PR work to do, the signs are nevertheless encouraging.
Read MoreBig Engineering Helps Catch an Elusive Wave
The dramatic detection of gravitational waves in September 2015 owes much to engineering research and innovations, with roots dating back more than 50 years and offering a useful reminder that "big science" really means "big science and engineering."
Read MoreEngineering Call Fails to Reach African-Americans
No two ways about it, engineering has a tough time with African-Americans, from K-12 to higher education to the workplace. Strong role models and opportunities exist, but the challenges to increasing participation in the field are real.
Read MoreSTEM Ed Change Starts to Get Real
Passing ESSA was the end of the beginning. For K-12 engineering and computer science, big ideas for change have to start getting real for STEM education in general to hit its marks.
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