by Sarah Green | Sep 8, 2014 | Guest Author, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Educators and lawmakers are always looking for ways to improve the education system, and lately those improvements have focused on teaching STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and math. The idea, say policymakers, advocates, and executives, is that more focus...
by Sarah Green | Nov 6, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
One of today’s hottest education topics is STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—programs. President Obama himself has said that the United States needs to focus more on science and math, and schools across the nation have begun adopting the STEM...
by Sarah Green | Oct 9, 2013 | News, Student Issues
At the end of last months, the Google Science Fair took place in Mountain View, California, where tech giant Google is headquartered. At the fair were some of the world’s brightest young minds, each presenting a unique and innovative solution to worldwide problems. On...
by Supporting Education | Mar 11, 2013 | News
In past posts where I have discussed STEM education, one of the key issues that I tackled was this idea of getting students interested in STEM. After a course in Women’s studies, however, I learned that although efforts in getting girls interested in STEM may increase...
by Supporting Education | Jan 24, 2013 | News
In current efforts to promote and launch STEM education programs in schools, many educators and institutions sponsoring STEM education are taking a new approach in getting children access to this type of learning. Although it is an age-old approach, one which you...
