Helping students prepare for today’s highly skilled jobs is a goal of STEM-based education. Such job preparation also has been a longtime aim of career technical education (CTE). Because the... read more →
Q: How’s the policy calendar looking today compared to what you were seeing in March ? Thomas Phillips, congressional affairs specialist at Battelle, updates us on what’s going on at... read more →
May 10, 2017: 4-5 pm EST Register To increase the interest and confidence of girls and young women in STEM careers, Million Women Mentors has recruited male and female professional... read more →
Sandy Watkins, the road to STEM education started with the conviction there wasn’t enough time in her classroom to cover all the content her students needed. We spoke to Sandy... read more →
Trump Proposal Hits After-School Programs (Houston Chronicle, Texas) Almost 130 afterschool programs in the Houston area may lose federal funding under President Trump’s proposed budget calling for the elimination of... read more →
Photos by Every Child Matters Following the release of the president’s budget proposal, Every Child Matters is calling on the afterschool field to send Mick Mulvaney, director of the... read more →
A new national Quinnipiac University poll released late last week finds that American voters overwhelmingly oppose the proposed federal budget cuts to afterschool and summer learning programs. With 83 percent... read more →
This post is presented as part of the Afterschool Spotlight blog series, which tells the stories of the parents, participants, and providers of afterschool programs. This post is also an installment in our Afterschool... read more →
By Nicole Lovecchio, Chief Program Officer at WINGS for kids. As afterschool providers, we know that the hours from 3 to 6 p.m. offer an incredible opportunity to engage students who need... read more →
Trump's Budget Would Scrap $120M for Michigan Teacher Training, After-School Programs (MLive, Michigan) Low-income students in Michigan would lose out on important educational and social experiences under President Trump’s proposed... read more →