STEM
Education news, analysis, and opinion about classroom learning and curricula that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math
Science
Gaps Persist in Access to Gateway Math, Science Classes, Federal Data Show
The statistics reveal disparities in the share of black and Latino students who take algebra early—as well as in advanced science courses.
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Scientists Look Like What?
Pop "scientist" into an image search and you're likely to see people in goggles and white coats, swirling liquids in Erlenmyer flasks or peering into microscopes.
Science
Key Takeaways and Emerging Issues From the Feds' Massive Civil Rights Data Survey
Going forward, here are some of the issues researchers and education advocates will be exploring, as well as some of the problems cropping up in the recently released 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection.
Education
How Can Districts and States Use ESSA to Bolster STEM and Computer Science?
The Every Student Succeeds Act doesn't include separate funding for science, technology, engineering, and math. But it does let states to use funding from other programs to bolster those subjects.
School Climate & Safety
Discipline Disparities Grow for Students of Color, New Federal Data Show
The latest civil rights data report finds students of color and those with disabilities are disciplined out of proportion to their numbers in school, and fall short on key educational opportunities.
School & District Management
Students of Color Face Persistent Disparities in Access to Advanced STEM Courses
The U.S. Department of Education shows that in general, black and Latino students took fewer such classes than their white peers. And although they had similar access to schools offering Algebra 1 in 8th grade, a smaller proportion of them were enrolled in the class.
Curriculum
Opinion
Teaching History With STE(A)M
We wonder if in teaching history as a story of facts, we have scrubbed it clean of the emotional story that carries the important messages.
School & District Management
Gates Foundation Eyes Middle Years Math Instruction
It's part of the foundation's $425 million research and development push, announced last fall.
Curriculum
STEM Lessons for Kindergarteners Earn Girl Scout Top Honor
A senior at Paradise High School in northern California earned the Gold Award, the highest achievement given to a Girl Scout, for creating 12 STEM lessons for kindergarteners.
Science
Opinion
Makerspaces: Building Community and 21st-Century Skills in Detroit
How maker spaces can promote 21st century skills, social-emotional learning, and a sense of community.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Opinion
From the NFL to MIT: How John Urschel Is Making Math More Interesting
Teachers must reject the idea that math is like eating vegetables, says former offensive lineman and current mathematician John Urschel.
Federal
Report Roundup
STEM Education
Federal STEM education programs need better coordination, finds a new report by the Government Accountability Office—the federal government's watchdog arm. In 2010 Congress created the Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to review some 163 STEM education programs in
Standards & Accountability
Measuring New Science Standards Is Hard. These Projects Aim to Change That
The AAAS launches a new project to develop assessment scenarios that measure the NGSS' energy standards.
Mathematics
Middle School Math Assignments: Common-Core Aligned, But Not Rigorous
The good news, says an Education Trust review of a sample of more than 1,800 math assignments, is that most do target at least one or more of the Common Core State Standards. The bad news? They continue to focus on procedural knowledge, rather than more conceptual mathematical thinking.