8 Grand Challenges 4 #STEMeducation (www.the74million.org/article/stem...) each need a full story - coming soon! 1st up, Standards: "STEM education has a love-hate relationship with learning standards in math and science." Then... AI? Assessment? Equity? Scaling? Tchr Prep? Funding? Hmm...

STEM's greatest challenges *IMHO*. This 'ornery octet' present an opportunity for 2025 to be a Rubicon year - a #STEMrally! Thoughts? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

www.the74million.org/article/stem...
@The74 @ALI @STEMNext @STEMconnector @STEMecosystems @StemEdCoalition @STEMx
#STEMgrandChallenges #STEMed

The first of 8 *Grand Challenges* for STEM Ed. is... TEACHER TRAINING HASN'T KEPT UP WITH STEM TEACHER PRACTICE. But good news!--> this panel of rockstars peels the onion at the JFF Horizons conference June 11. See you there?

Seven more Challenges & Solutions coming soon.

#STEMnetworks are geared to run #47's AI-in-Education EO - www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... -
#STEM knows #Dual credit, #Public-private partnerships, Formal & informal ed., #Apprenticeships, from Sea to shining sea & toddler to tassel.

Iowa's version of STEM schools, "STEM BEST" (now 139 of them!) is chapter 4 of my book *Creating a STEM Culture* - www.amazon.com/Creating-STE...

Featured at last month's #NSTA conference -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFc8f734mQ8&feature=youtu.be

Way to go @TanyaHunt #STEMeducation

Discussed Federal #STEM policy w/ K-12 Policy Wkg. Group of the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching & Learning (#CASTL) of the @NationalAcademies. Federal STEM Ed. policy, presently opaque, is the oxygen needed to fuel #47's innovation goals --> www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

STEM's vexing challenges: Are our teachers #STEM-ready? Is AI usurping broader STEM imperative? How to widen participation w/o triggering censors? How pockets of excellence become landscapes of brilliance?... all slayed by #StemEdCoalition & #STEMx members on The Hill yesterday!

Need inspiration? Judge FIRST Robotics [...or a science fair, math modeling, cyber-olympics, future cities - you get the idea] FRC Regional @ UNI this weekend --> Today's kids are brilliant 🧠 🤩 -- we're all going to be alright. #STEMEd

Work-based/Career-linked/Experiential Learning -- whatever we call it, #47 is about workforce development -- Beware tho - don't forget #STEMteachers! Here's the policy to make it happen: fas.org/publication/... More info? --> Ch. 8 in www.nsta.org/blog/creatin...

1 week to *Industry-Aligned K-12 & STEM Jobs of Tomorrow* at @sxswedu.com in Awe-stin! Today's education upheaval, like plowed soil, is the *perfect* condition for new seeds to sprout bold blossoms. Join us to re-imagine school and re-think sySTEMS of learning. schedule.sxswedu.com/2025/events/...

Coming up Wed. Feb. 26 is cast of STEM characters commenting on the status/future of STEM Ed. Join us (virtual) for *State of STEM Ecosystems 2025: Celebrating a Decade of Innovation* @ tiesteach-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#STEMed #STEMfutures #STEMpolicy #STEMNetwork #STEMecosystems2025

Curious what's happening in Fed. STEM Ed.? Need help navigating? Join us next Wednesday on Capitol Hill! (Virtually or in-person)

#STEMed #STEMpolicy #STEMeducation #EdInnovation #StateofSTEM

"...recipes & protocols box in learners, or they could be handed the tools to fumble about, question & create. One mode is efficient, the other is meaningful. One fosters conformists, the other spawns innovators." #STEM swaps efficiency for innovation. innovationia.com/2018/05/31/q...

The FOMO is legit! Mar. 3-6 Austin, @SXSWEDU
aggregates ed. innovators. Each session = high octane fuel! Here's ours: "Industry-Aligned K-12 Pathways & the STEM Jobs of Tomorrow" (schedule.sxswedu.com/2025/events/...)
See you there? #STEMed #STEMpolicy #SXSWEDU #STEMworkforce #workforceFuture

STEM ed. is a “blinking red” urgent task for America (Dario Gil @ issues.org/wp-content/u...)
Answer? -> scale STEM! School+biz partnerships, local context, convergence, competency, STEM credentials, WBL, Ecosystems --> blinking green. How?-> fas.org/publication/...
#STEMworkforce

1st birthday of jeffweldLLC.org --what a blast helping reform engineering ed, engage tech companies, advise investors, position nonprofits, coach new STEM leads, pitch presidential policies, and tell our story! 2025 will be watershed - let's work together! #STEMeducation

As promised, a comparison: New skin, headings, emphases but spectrally the new plan retains most of the backbone of our 2018-2023 plan. Both 2018 & 2024 weave a STEM-for-All thread, 2024 just weaves heavier yarn. How might #47 feel about it? Page 6! stemedcoalition.squarespace.com/updates/comp...

Friends, new Fed. STEM Ed. Plan largely stays true to our roadmap set forth in 2018. My full compare/contrast piece coming soon. For now, have a *tranquil* Thanksgiving!

2024 Plan - www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

2018 Plan - www.energy.gov/sites/prod/f...

#STEMed #STEMteaching #STEMlearning

Friends, 1 more #47 post (for now). Here's #45's last budget R & D priority memo to Fed. Agencies (the STEM part). Just add in "AI" and maybe, just maybe this'll be the STEM Ed. agenda to come at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW... Full doc at www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#STEMeducation