Sentences with phrase «stem education organizations»

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«If local communities want to be economically competitive, they need to have workers with a strong STEM foundation,» said Randy Schilling, chair of the organization's Education Committee.

If your organization is interested in getting involved with the STEM Education Policy Forum, please email us at [email protected].

The STEM Education Coalition's Policy Forum is a 501c3 non-profit organization launched by the Coalition in 2015 to focus on developing a deeper understanding of emerging and critical STEM education policEducation Coalition's Policy Forum is a 501c3 non-profit organization launched by the Coalition in 2015 to focus on developing a deeper understanding of emerging and critical STEM education policeducation policy issues.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

As President & CEO of the Youth Science Center, a non-profit science education organization that focuses on STEM education, I helped expand educational opportunities in our region.

As a member of the Education & Workforce committee, I strongly oppose recent efforts to reduce federal funding in these areas, and I am the author of H.R. 258, the STEM Master Teacher Corps Act, which would award competitive grants to school districts or states to partner with colleges and universities or nonprofit organizations to establish a program which will develop, support and retain exceptional teachers in the STEM disciplines.

Fortunately, industry, philanthropic organizations, non-profits, parents, teachers, and state and local governments are stepping up to the plate and working together to capture and hold the attention of our nation's youth in STEM education so they will want to pursue these careers, not be forced into them simply because we need them.

Yesterday, President Barack Obama embraced the PCAST report during a White House ceremony during which he applauded corporate and private - sector CEOs for forming Change the Equation, a nonprofit organization that has pledged to bring «best practices» in STEM education to 100 needy high schools and communities.

Obama also gave a shout out to Subra Suresh, marking his first day as director of the National Science Foundation; plugged the Administration's spending on STEM education; and highlighted a private - sector initiative, called Changing the Equation, in which hundreds of companies and organizations are adding their dollars to public investments in science education.

The Obama Administration has urged companies and philanthropic organizations to supplement the $ 1.2 billion a year that the federal government now spends on K — 12 STEM education.

Malcom listed interventions that can improve women's participation in science, such as STEM education programs for girls, prizes that recognize women scientists, international collaboration among and recognition of women in science, women's organizations and conferences and programs that examine policies that keep women out of leadership roles.

Activities supported by the Fund include the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition's Student Essay, Poster, and Digital Media Competitions; efforts to promote the integration of human rights into STEM education; technical training of human rights practitioners in innovative applications of science and technology; collaborative partnerships between scientists, engineers and human rights organizations; and policy engagement on issues at the nexus of science and human rights.

And Sestek says the organization deliberately sought students who had traditionally had little exposure to high - quality STEM education.

A higher - education lobbyist who follows biomedical issues said shortly before the vote on Smith's bill that her organization wasn't even aware of the narrow definition of STEM fields, and another said her organization had taken no official position on the issue.

To help further this effort, the Mars Society has created a Speakers Bureau with a list of representatives in the U.S. and Canada available to talk about the organization's mission, its work in Mars - related research, including the Mars Desert Research Station and the University Rover Challenge, the latest news about Mars exploration and the growing field of STEM - driven education and curriculum with a special focus on space exploration.

She has been the President of the Board at the Sustainable Remediation Forum, a scientific and education organization and since 2013, a professional mentor with TechWomen, empowering, connecting and supporting the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa and the Middle East.

To address the issue, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education Coalition was formed in 2006 to «raise awareness in Congress, the Administration, and other organizations about the critical role that STEM education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplacEducation Coalition was formed in 2006 to «raise awareness in Congress, the Administration, and other organizations about the critical role that STEM education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplaceducation plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace.»

In 2006, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition was formed to «raise awareness in Congress, the Administration, and other organizations about the critical role that STEM education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace for the 21st CenturEducation Coalition was formed to «raise awareness in Congress, the Administration, and other organizations about the critical role that STEM education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace for the 21st Centureducation plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace for the 21st Century.»

This story about AP Physics and STEM education in Mississippi was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

QFI operates as both a grant - making organization, and a convener of thought leaders on issues related to global and international education, open education and education technologies as they intersect with the three core QFI programmatic areas: Arabic language and Arab culture, STE -LCB- A -RCB- M (STEM plus the Arts), and Youth Engagement.

We work collaboratively with a variety of local and national organizations to meet their program goals while providing robust learning opportunities for our students in literacy, STEM education, mentorship, character development and scholarship support.

She provides technical assistance to state education agencies through the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders and recently served on the policy task force for 100Kin10, a network of more than 200 partner organizations working to support STEM educators and train 100,000 excellent new STEM teachers by 2021.

The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School creates and fosters evidence - based innovations in social - emotional learning (SEL) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in youth - serving organizations.

The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School creates and fosters evidence - based innovations in social - emotional learning (SEL) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in youth - serving organizations to help all students succeed.

ExpandED Schools has particular interest and expertise in STEM education, having worked with dozens of schools and a wide range of organizations engaged in informal STEM learning, most notably through the NYC STEM Education Network, which we co-faeducation, having worked with dozens of schools and a wide range of organizations engaged in informal STEM learning, most notably through the NYC STEM Education Network, which we co-faEducation Network, which we co-facilitate.

Thought leaders and colleagues from a long list of organizations have encouraged us, nudged us and been our «media mentors», including: Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College; American Library Association (ALA); Association of Children's Museums (ACM); Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC); Catherine Cook School; Center for Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital; Center for Media and Human Development at Northwestern University; Chicago Children's Museum; Chicago Public Library; Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative; Children's Technology Review; Columbia College Chicago; CPB / PBS Ready to Learn; Early Childhood Australia Digital Policy Group and Live Wires; Early Childhood Futures, Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University; Early Childhood Investigations; Early Childhood STEM Working Group; HITN Early Learning Collaborative; Illinois Computing Educators (ICE); Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT); Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop; Kohl Children's Museum; Language Castle; Little eLit; National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC); National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE); New America; New Zealand Tertiary College; Technology and Young Children Interest Forum of NAEYC; and Waterford Institute, Early Education and Technology for Children (EETC)