LATEST NEWS & INFO Category: News

One year ago, STEM education leaders from 13 different states formed a new partnership where they could share innovations and coordinate sustained action across the country. Today, Georgia and Indiana became the fifth and sixth states to join the STEMx™ network in the past year. This announcement caps a year of development and growth for the network, which now includes more than a third of the nation’s states. “Every day, leaders in business, education and government are searching for ways [...]

We will be introducing a suite of tools to advance STEM education in a series of workshops at the U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference June 17-19, 2013 in Austin, TX. Video highlights and resources from the sessions will also be presented in an online broadcast on July 11. The STEMx™ tools will include resources from member states that can be adapted to any state or region to best serve the local STEM needs in that area. The suite of tools [...]

We are thrilled to announce that our very own network council chair, Margaret Ashida, has been selected as the new STEMx™ director. “We couldn’t be happier to have Margaret join us at the STEMx™ network. She brings with her a wealth of experience in STEM that will help put the network on a path toward incredible impact and growth,” said Eric Fingerhut, Vice President of Education & STEM Learning at Battelle. Ashida most recently served as Director of the Empire State STEM Learning Network at [...]

Since our launch in June 2012, we have moved steadily forward to achieve the goal we set before ourselves at the inception of the STEMx™ network: to transform STEM education in the states, by the states. This transformation, just like the transformation of our website, is a thoughtful evolution where each iteration strives to be better than the one before. Our collaborative power and common passion for STEM education fuel this progress and is a testament to the proven success of [...]