What To Do About America’s STEM Education Gap
The Scientific American blog summarizes events from STEM Summit 4.0, a conference co-held by Scientific American and Macmillan Learning. The summit focused on many aspects of STEM education and STEM learning: the number of women in STEM, the inclusion of children in the conducting of scientific research, and the need to introduce students to STEM earlier.
California Schools Chief Tom Torlakson to Kick Off State’s Biggest Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Symposium
The symposium highlights STEM education initiatives in California. The primary themes included increasing the number of women in STEM classes and encouraging more students to enroll in STEM majors. You can also visit the symposium webpage to learn more about the presentations given at the conference.
‘Drone’ Education for Brooklyn Students
Fox News out of New York reports on the use of drones to enhance STEM education in local elementary schools. Students learn several valuable STEM skills: coding, remote sensing, and flying.
A New Generation of All-Girls Schools
The Atlantic looks at the increase in STEM-focused schools, classes, and/or after-school sessions dedicated to women. Moreover, the article highlights reports that discuss the “achievement gap” and seem to have conflicting conclusions. It also includes useful links to academic research regarding single-sex schooling.
The ‘boys are better at math’ mindset creates gender gap in sciences
The CNN article explores the gender gap and include many anecdotes from mothers discussing how they approach the gap with their children. The article also focuses on how girls are taught math and often discouraged from learning it. It concludes by looking at a summer camp started by Stanford professors that measures how different approaches to teaching STEM impact math test scores.
Obama touts tech R&D, fist bumps man with mind-controlled robotic arm
Sharon Gaudin reports on the White House Frontiers Conference where President Obama spoke about the positives of STEM and American innovation. He focused on the importance of STEM to invigorate the economy and cities across the country.
Nurturing tomorrow’s techies STEMs from promoting technology in schools
This article from Network World issues a call to action for technology companies to become more involved with STEM education in schools and fund STEM programs. The author, himself a CEO of a technology company, highlights the importance from both a business and parenting perspective.