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Mar 04

Webinar for policymakers: COVID Learning Loss in the STEM Subjects

In partnership with the STEM Education Coalition , STEMx announces a special policy-focused conversation with education leaders from around the United States.

COVID Learning Loss in the STEM Subjects: What Do We Know and What Can We Do About It?

 Wednesday, March 17, 2021

2:00 – 3:15 pm

Watch the YouTube livestream

Over the past year, as schools and communities have grappled with the COVID pandemic, learning in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects has been impacted in a number of acute and critically concerning ways. The loss of hands-on and experiential learning, together with a generalized narrowing of the curriculum has presented a myriad of challenges to STEM educators at every level across the country. This webinar, co-hosted by the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum and STEMx, will cover how each level is addressing “learning loss” and how local and state leaders are leveraging federal resources that have been directed to that end. Is “learning loss” even the best way to describe today’s reality? The Zoom webinar will be open to interested Congressional and federal agency staff as participants and will be watchable via YouTube simulcast to the general public. 

Speakers:

  • Vince Stewart – Executive Director, California STEM Network 
  • Alisa Cooper de Uribe – 2021 New Mexico Teacher of the Year 
  • Dr. Anthony Jackson – Superintendent, Vance County (NC) School System 
  • Dr. Penny Schwinn – Tennessee Education Commissioner 
  • Dr. Tracey Brown, Director of Guidance, Counseling, & College Readiness, Irving (TX) Independent School District 
  • James Brown, Executive Director, STEM Education Coalition