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 Learn about and order NAPE's products online!
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The Baltimore
County STEM Alliance works to leverage vital
resources and support to advance STEM programs and events in the
greater Baltimore area.
Girls Scouts of U.S.A. Imagine
Engineering website provides overviews of various
engineering disciplines.
GlobalGirl
Media is dedicated to empowering high school girls
from underserved communities
around the world through media, leadership, and journalistic training
to have a voice in the global media universe and their own futures.
The STEMBox subscription
service that sends science projects to young girls interested in STEM
needs help on Kickstarter.
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MWM
Summit and Gala, Washington, DC, September 21,
2015
Association
of Science-Technology Centers Conference,
Montreal, October 17-20, 2015
National
Summit for Educational Equity, Alexandria, VA,
April 12-14, 2016
HESTEC
Community Day at The University of Texas-Pan American
features educational exhibits, food and activity booths, exciting
presentations and a concert showcasing performances for people of all
ages,
October 10, 2015
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There are nothing but opportunities for students thinking about
careers in STEM. The field continues to shift, just as student
perceptions do. That is why NAPE, Destination Imagination, National
Girls Collaborative, and Educational Research Center of America
(ERCA) are collaborating on a research project focused on high school
students' perceptions of STEM careers. Our ultimate objective is to
stimulate a dialogue on career pathways among parents, teachers, and
students.
By including your students as part of this important research
project, you can help them:
- further consider
their strengths, interests, and the career options open to them;
- receive targeted
information from colleges, universities, career and technical
schools, and other postsecondary institutions seeking to recruit
students with their specific interests, talents, skill sets, and
career goals; and
- gain more access to
postsecondary scholarship opportunities.
Please watch your inbox during the back-to-school season
for a package from The Research Consortium on STEM Career Pathways.
If you want to make sure you receive this package, please send your
name, high school name, and complete school mailing address to ERCA
at: info@studentresearch.org with "STEM Career
Survey" in the subject line to make sure you're on the list!
Later this year, we will post information from the pilot phase of
this project on our websites and the major, annual report will follow
in 2016. Thank you for participating!
For equity, access, and diversity,
Mimi
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Study Finds Parents Still Don't
Understand STEM Job Opportunities
Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
While a clear majority of parents in
the U.S. believe it's important to educate students in the so-called
STEM subjects, many hold misperceptions about how gaining expertise
and degrees in those fields can boost job options. Read
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Fostering a Growth Mindset Is Key to
Teaching STEM
David Miller US News & World Report
Sure, STEM can be hard, but telling
kids "not everyone can do it" may make both boys and girls
less inclined to try. Read
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Hundreds of Scientists Ask Science to
Stop Publishing a Smorgasbord of Stereotypes
Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post
More than 300 scientists and counting
have signed an open letter to the journal Science, according to
scientific publishing watchdog Retraction Watch. The letter, which
has been circulated among scientists on social media sites such as
Facebook, takes the prestigious journal to task for promoting harmful
stereotypes against women and other marginalized groups. Read More >>
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Why Black Students Struggle in STEM
Subjects: Low Expectations
Ebony O. McGee, New Republic
I have found that black males who
consistently outperform their peers in mathematics are also victims
of covert racial stereotypes and racial microaggressions. The truth
is, DeAndre is a high school junior and a high-achiever in
mathematics and science from an urban area. DeAndre is not hardened,
but he is fragile. Read
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Silicon Valley, Here's That List of
Boss Ladies You Needed Davey Alba, Wired
This week Silicon Valley veteran Sukhinder Singh Cassidy unveiled The
Boardlist, a database to help startup CEOs find qualified women to
appoint to their private boards. The list includes more than 600
female leaders compiled by more than 50 high-profile tech industry
insiders and venture capitalists (both men and women) in the San
Francisco Bay Area1. Read
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8 Young Professionals Share Their Work
Secrets
Angela Tafoya and Christina Bonnington,
Refinery 29
Refinery 29 has rounded up eight
rising tech stars who are working hard to change the status quo
within the tech community. Read
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2015 STEM Index Shows Gender, Racial
Gaps Widen
Alan Neuhauser, US News & World
Report
An uptick in hiring, interest and
degrees earned in STEM fields has left women and most minorities
behind. Read
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The Diversity Report Gap: Without
Specific Goals, No Accountability
Cat Zakrzewski, Tech Crunch
The diversity reports are back.
Yesterday Yahoo became the most recent tech company to tell us how
painfully similar its diversity numbers are to those it reported last
year. Read
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