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STEM Superstars

WATCH: California Teen’s App Is Inspiring Girls & Young Women to Go Into STEM

Rebecca Wang, 17, is a 2023 Apple Swift Challenge winner for her app, Dare to Dream, with the aim to inspire girls & young women to enter STEM fields.

Jim Fields
Author: Jim Fields
Innovative High Schools
future of high school
Future of High School

High School 2.0: These Teens Build Drones, Research Cancer & Try Out Careers

At Kansas’s Blue Valley CAPS, high-schoolers spend 3 hours a day dipping their toes in adult professions — real life, but with ‘bubble wrap,’ one says

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Opinion
opinion

Elementary School Kids Get Just 18 Minutes of Science a Day. That Has to Change

Teacher's view: Early science education helps students succeed in HS and college — and become the innovators of tomorrow.

Serena McCalla
Author: Serena McCalla
Video
Alaska
Future of High School

Alaska Natives Are Claiming Their Seat at the Table

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program is combating the belief that “natives were not smart enough” to hold degrees or jobs in STEM fields.

Emmeline Zhao & Jim Fields
Science of math
conceptual understanding

As Test Scores Crater, Debate Over Whether There’s a ‘Science’ to Math Recovery

‘Science of math’ advocates say more explicit, orderly instruction is needed while critics see cherry-picked data and outdated, failed techniques.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano

16 UNDER 16 IN STEM

16 Under 16
16 under 16

America’s 16 Under 16 in STEM—Meet the 2022 Achievers Who’ll Help Build Tomorrow

A nationwide search has revealed some of the country’s most impressive teen thinkers and doers. Read (and share) their stories below

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16 Under 16
health education
STEM Superstars

16 Under 16 in STEM: A Teen Inventor Aims to Get More Girls Into STEM Careers

When Lydia Denton isn’t busy inventing, she’s inspiring young women to chase STEM careers and pursue what they love “no matter what others think”

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16 Under 16
health education
STEM Superstars

16 Under 16 in STEM: California Teen’s Medical Focus Inspires Care For Neighbors

A new transplant to San Jose, 16-year-old Sydney Vaughn volunteered to lead a project to tackle medical care for the homeless in her new community

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STEM Superstars
health care
STEM Superstars

16 Under 16 in STEM: A New York Teen Advocates for New-Age Farming Through Film

Steven Hoffen increases awareness and education about hydroponic farming for urban and arid areas through filmmaking and a nonprofit

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16 Under 16
diversity
STEM Superstars

16 Under 16 in STEM: NJ Teen Employs Tech for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Kavya Venkatesan believes innovation and STEM can solve social issues affecting everything from bias in healthcare to sustainability

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STEM

STEM
California
STEM Superstars

California Teenager Makes History By Sequencing Genome of His Pet Fish

California teen Indeever Madireddy was the first to ever submit an angelfish’s genetic code to the National Library of Medicine.

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Black Astronaut Bernard Harris on ‘Terrestrial Mission’ to Boost STEM Education

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Reversing Students’ COVID Slide: Experts Eyeing Math Skills & Learning Recovery

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Austin

Community Raises $75,000 For Teen Robotics Team After Thieves Steal Gear

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Pandemic

WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills

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STEM

Lessons from Out-of-School STEM Programs

Gemma Lenowitz & Britt Magneson
afterschool

STEM Report: 1.9M Fewer Low-Income Students in Afterschool Programs

Asher Lehrer-Small
Author: Asher Lehrer-Small
Boston

MIT Students Make STEM Come Alive for Boston Middle Schoolers

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Texas Science Museums Create COVID-safe STEM Experiences

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

‘Social Experiment’ Gives Thousands of Girls Opportunity to Learn Game Design

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Black women

Breaking Taboos & Barriers to Swimming, Science

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

Shipwreck Camp Delivers a Treasure Trove of Science

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
Pandemic

This Summer, Game Design on Tap to Remediate STEM Learning Loss

Greg Toppo
Author: Greg Toppo
Houston

Houston Space Programs Keeping STEM Dreams Alive

Bekah McNeel
Author: Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Science Erupts at Lessons Snuck Into Community Park

Patrick O’Donnell
Author: Patrick O’Donnell
STEM

$165K in Grants Bring STEM Education to Underserved Kids

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

How Tesla, Reinvented Schools & Robotics Set Reno Up to Weather COVID Recession

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

Reno Bets on Robotics for the Future of Its Kids

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afterschool

Rocket Science Made Accessible to Boston Girls in Summer Hybrid Program

Marianna McMurdock
Author: Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Online STEM Summer Bootcamps Target COVID Learning Loss

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

Cicadas Boost Student Engagement after Pandemic School Year

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay
The Big Picture

More NAEP Disappointment, This Time in Science

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
biology

SXSW EDU Launch Winner Inspirit Creates Interactive 3D Science Models

Tim Newcomb
Author: Tim Newcomb
Pandemic

How Arizona is Supporting Innovative School Programs Amid COVID

Laura Fay
Author: Laura Fay