Broad Array of STEM Organizations Support Common Standards in Math, Science

December 3, 2014:

The STEM Education Coalition has joined with a diverse group of professional, educational, and business organizations in issuing a join statement of support for state-led efforts to adopt and implement rigorous common standard in mathematics and science that promote deeper learning in STEM subjects.

The statement, which was co-signed by 44 different organizations,  emphasizes the importance of mobilizing the entire STEM education community – employers, professionals, educators, and their supporting organizations – to become informed about the benefits and implications of standards and to be engaged in their success.  It also expresses a shared belief that strong STEM skills are a central element of a well-rounded education and essential to effective participation in the global economy - for all students.

See the full text of the statement and its signatories here.

Supporters of Common Standards in mathematics and science:

American Geophysical Union

American Institute of Physics

American Physical Society

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

American Society for Engineering Education

American Statistical Association

American Vacuum Society

ASME, American Society for Mechanical Engineers

Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics

Augustus Hawkins Foundation

Bay Area Council

California STEM Learning Network

Campaign for Environmental Literacy

Center for Sustainable Communities

C-STEM Teacher & Student Support Services, Inc, University of Houston

Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE)

DEBLAR & Associates

Dycet Research Group

Education Development Center, Inc.

Entertainment Industries Council (need to add logo)

Hands on Science Partnership

Interactive Science Programs (ISP)

Ithaca College Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (C-STEM) Program

LearnOnLine, Inc 

Measured Progress

Mentoring Youth Through Technology

Museum of Science, Boston

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

National Association of Biology Teachers

National Center for Technological Literacy

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Science Education Leadership Association 

National Science Teachers Association

New York Hall of Science

New York Sun Works

Physical Sciences Education Policy Coalition

Quetell STEA

STEM Education Coalition

Teach for America 

Tennessee Academy of Science

Tennessee Junior Academy of Science

UNC Charlotte | Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education

University of Southern Mississippi College of Science and Technology

Will Steger Foundation