STEM as an acronym has a long, complex history that can make it difficult to reach consensus on exactly what this important educational movement is all about, but there are some basic features that ...

When we discuss STEM education, it's easy to focus on acts of teaching and learning. But if our vision of STEM is only confined to the classroom, we risk ignoring a large portion of what the true ...

Computation is playing an increasing role in all STEM fields, and the ability for students to use and understand various computational tools is vital to long term success. It is not a question of if ...

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are fundamental to sustainable development, yet women and girls ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. − Almost two years ago, Isaiah Hickerson woke up in the middle of the night from a dream that he was a coder. The dream was totally random; he didn’t know a thing about coding. He had a ...

Over the past decade, there has been a growing need for professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations. In fact, national data indicates that employment in STEM ...

“It’s been fulfilling to an extent I never thought possible,” says Michael Kozak of his experience working with STEM secondary schools in Egypt. Kozak, assistant clinical professor in the School of ...

The threat of climate change has exposed more homes to flooding and wildfires, and it has intensified heat waves that prompt farmers to lose crop yields and a way to sustain a living. Climate change, ...

Build the STEM skills students will need for the future into your existing courses – with a little-and-often approach. Here’s ...

A key factor in building a domestic workforce for the chip industry is attracting kids to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects at a younger age. That way they are more likely to ...

In “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore warned that Earth’s climate system was close to a tipping point, or a threshold beyond which there was no turning back. That was back in 2006. Needless to say, the ...

Although women make up about half of the U.S. workforce, they have long been underrepresented in many STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). Given that boys and girls perform ...