STEM

Company officials hope a combination of in-person and online educator training, focused on math and less-experienced teachers, will help to address a teacher shortage and declining math scores.

In recognition of Women’s History Month and Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month, Microsoft, Code Ninjas and the nonprofit Girls Who Code are sponsoring girls who enter a game-design challenge.

A new company that has already partnered with 1,100 schools aims to provide project-based learning and STEM activities like programming robots and developing computational skills outside of school hours.

As part of a national recognition of career and technical education, representatives from FBLA and FCCLA visited the U.S. Capitol last month to meet with decision-makers and lobby for continued support.

Colorado Springs District 11 is in talks with local colleges, industries and governments to create an innovation zone to offer specialized curriculum in aerospace, defense, cybersecurity, information and space technology.

The funding will benefit students at high schools in 15 Florida districts, and at three colleges. It will pay for training in emerging fields like enterprise cloud computing and mobile applications development, as well as traditional vocations.

The nonprofit is awarding funds and research kits to teachers in an effort to encourage early interest in STEM subjects like robotics and coding, and to diversify science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Institutions across the state are preparing spring and summer events such as the GenCyber conference, WVSU's Yellow Jackets CyberDefender Camp, WVU's Camp STEM, and the University of Charleston's science camps.

The ninth annual event will feature close to 90 booths this year, including virtual-reality headsets, a hydroponic garden, interactive exhibits and experiments in STEM fields.

The SAM Labs program at Indian Prairie School District 204 in Illinois uses building blocks with lights, motors and more that connect to a computer via Bluetooth to teach students about science and coding.

The Alabama Center for the Arts is being renovated into a STEAM Imagination Center, with a new degree program in design innovations that will include classes in computer systems information and additive manufacturing.

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve and a handful of other educational centers will train up to 1,100 educators to teach computer science through supplemental certifications and other programs.

The university's Engineering Center of Excellence donated $10,000 to the Lafayette Parish School System's robotics program and gave its students access to equipment and mentorship from professors and deans.

The U.S. Department of Education’s first-ever National STEM Festival will take place April 11-13 in Washington, D.C., celebrating innovative projects from students in grades six through 12 who won national competitions.

About 350 students in grades 6-12 will attend the regional Pennsylvania Technology Student Association conference, with over 50 events and competitions in which they can qualify for the national conference.

The city of Homestead, Fla., is home to a new 'Fab Lab' that will use coding, robots, 3-D printing and other technologies to teach students about locally relevant fields of agriculture and agricultural technology.

The public community college is building a new $46.9 million facility, forging private partnerships, adding new courses and developing internship programs to support growth in the field and industry of biotechnology.

Ten members of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents co-authored From STEM to STEAM: Latino Perspectives, a portion of sales from which will benefit the organization’s student scholarship fund.