SWE’s Advocacy for Women in STEM Won’t Stop

ALL TOGETHER - SWE’s advocacy efforts are ongoing, and involve so many supporters and efforts—meetings, letters, phone calls, briefings, weekend bill reviews and so much more. Read more.

Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) announces 2019 Pennsylvania STEM Ambassadors

PR NEWSWIRE - Program develops STEM policy leaders in Pennsylvania and recognizes 31 members of the second cohort. Read more.

Trump vs. Obama: Presidential strides in STEM education

K-12 DIVE - Both administrations introduced strategies to boost STEM education across the U.S. How do they compare — and have they been effective? Read more.

Positive Signs for STEM Education in Federal FY19 Budget

ALL TOGETHER - President Trump committed federal dollars to key budget line items SWE has been advocating for since the proposal of the FY18 budget in early 2017 and the FY19 budget earlier this year. Read more.

Federal Geoscience Education Policy Review: January-June 2018

ALL TOGETHER - After passing a series of continuing resolutions to provide more time to craft a comprehensive appropriations omnibus bill for fiscal year (FY) 2018, Congress finally passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill on March 23, 2018, that funds the federal government through September 2018. Read more.

Tomorrow’s jobs for students begin at CSCR in Cohasset this summer

WICKED LOCAL - Cohasset’s Center for Student Coastal Research (CSCR) immerses students in discovery and engages them in the scientific study of the local watershed and marine environment. Our students dive into authentic research projects that serve the community. It is a well-established truism today that students need more opportunity to learn by doing. Read more.

STEM branches out - Science and tech education burgeons in local schools

TELLURIDE NEWS - What do you want to be when you grow up? Marilyn Jones of Telluride already knows: “I want to be an animator!” Jones, 9, is about to enter the fourth grade. Dawson Gurule, of Montrose, is still deciding. Last year, he was thinking about becoming an engineer. Read more.

Science teachers: DeVos’s Education Department is misinterpreting federal law

WASHINGTON POST - Science educators aren’t exactly thrilled with the Education Department under Betsy DeVos. They weren’t fans when President Trump recently pulled the United States out of the landmark Paris climate agreement (which all countries had signed except Syria and Nicaragua) – and DeVos issued a statement in support. Read more.

STEM Funding Uncertain in Trump’s White House

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT - Science, technology, engineering and math initiatives don’t appear to be high priorities under the Trump administration, experts say. Read more.