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How One Hour of Code Exposure Can Shape a Student’s Life Forever

By / January 27, 2021 / Diversity in STEM, IT, K-12 Education, Low-Income Students, Mentorship, Science, Skills, STEM Teaching, Uncategorized

December 7-13, 2020 marks Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), an annual call to action designed to introduce K-12 students to computer science, celebrate the contributions of their fellow students and teachers, and create opportunities to inspire the youth of today to pursue computer science. With CSEdWeek in full swing, there’s no better time than now …

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Apply Now for the Regeneron STEM Teaching Fellowships

By / January 27, 2021 / Health, Higher Education, Industry, Internships, Jobs in STEM, K-12 Education, Mentorship, NASA, New York, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Science, Standards, STEM Health, STEM Teaching

  The STEM Leadership Center, in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Teachers College of Columbia University and U.S Satellite Laboratory are now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Regeneron STEM Teaching Fellowships. The Fellowship is a grassroots education initiative that addresses the need to train secondary science teachers in STEM teaching methods, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and …

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Centering science education around investigation and design: A Q&A with National Academies & Amgen Foundation

By / January 27, 2021 / Foundations, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Publishing in STEM, Research and Reports in STEM, Science, STEM Teaching

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]In November of 2018, the National Academies of Sciences Engineering & Medicine released a new report that found centering science instruction around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help students make sense of phenomena in the world around them. The study, sponsored by the Amgen …

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National PTA Expands STEM + Families Grant Program with Support of Bayer, Mathnasium, ThinkFun and littleBits

By / January 27, 2021 / Associations, Health, K-12 Education, Parents, Science, STEM Toys

This is a press release provided by the National PTA ALEXANDRIA, Va., (Sept. 19, 2018) | National PTA announced today that $335,000 in funding and products will be awarded to PTAs across the country over the next three years to increase family engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The funding is part of …

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Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 with Top Awards for Novel Research on Crop Blight, Vaping and Rare Disease

By / January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Science, STEM Competitions, STEM Events

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science & the Public today announced that Benjamin “Benjy” Firester, 18, of New York City, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Forty finalists, including Benjy, were honored …

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