On Wednesday, May 29, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a Capitol Hill briefing to discuss a range of policy areas related to bringing more people into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce with “near” skills, meaning those who would be able to gain employment or improve their employability through short-term educational opportunities, on-the-job training, stackable credentials, 2-year degrees, and other non-traditional pathways.

The STEM Education Coalition rallied 50+ education, professional, and business organizations to sign on to a letter to congressional appropriators. The letter thanks appropriators for the continued increase in ESSA Title IV, Part A funding in the 2019 enacted education appropriations bill and outlines key funding priorities for the FY2020 appropriations cycle.

The STEM Education Coalition and the Policy Forum are excited to present our 2018 Annual Report! 2018 was an eventful, impactful year.

On Tuesday, March 19, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a Capitol Hill Briefing on major policy issues facing the 116th Congress.

On Tuesday, February 26, the House Education and Labor Committee marked up and approved the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, which would authorize $70 billion in school infrastructure spending over the next 10 years.

The STEM Education Coalition is pleased to welcome AnitaB.org as our newest member of the Coalition’s Leadership Council!

This morning, the White House unveiled their highly-anticipated 5-year STEM Education strategic plan, Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education, detailing the federal government’s strategy for expanding and improving the nation’s capacity for STEM education and preparing citizens with the skills necessary for the STEM economy of the future.

On Wednesday, November 28, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Education Coalition hosted STEM industry experts and STEM education policy experts for a briefing to discuss the findings and implications of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “New Approaches to Engaging Middle and High School Students in Science and Engineering.”

Yesterday, the Coalition was pleased to welcome STEM teachers and academics from Ukraine to discuss the Coalition’s work and the overall state of STEM education policy at the federal, state, and local levels of government.

At the request of our state partner, Vermont Afterschool, the Coalition and the Afterschool Alliance sent a letter to Vermont HHS Secretary Al Gobeille praising the state’s recent decision devote $600,000 from the state’s tobacco settlement to support afterschool programs with a focus on STEM education.

Over the past week, the Department of Education rolled out their FY 2018 grant awards for the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program.

Earlier this week, the Coalition’s Policy Forum received an update from Laura Saccente, Director, Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network, on the status of the early implementation of the $30 million PAsmart STEM Initiative. 

Read the official statement from James Brown, Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition, about the passage of S. 3217.

Read the official statement from James Brown, Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition, about the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee moving legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.

James Brown, Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition, was recently invited to attend the first-of-its-kind State-Federal Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education Summit hosted by The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on June 25-26, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

On June 13, representatives from the STEM Education Coalition, Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC), and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology met with policy staff from the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). ATEC is a longstanding member of the Coalition’s leadership council and represents aviation employers, vendors, and educational institutions with maintenance technician programs.

At the invitation of Ignite Minnesota, the state afterschool network, STEM Education Coalition Executive Director James Brown was the lead-off speaker at the Minnesota Youth Policy Forum. The Forum was hosted on June 6 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, MN, just down the street from the state capitol.

The STEM Education Coalition rallied 100+ education, professional, and business organizations to sign on to a letter to congressional appropriators.