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Counting down 2022 with our favorite Federal STEM policy actions

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Counting down 2022 with our favorite Federal STEM policy actions. As we close out 2022, STEM Next reflects on some of the big policy opportunities that the year brought for out-of-school time (OST) STEM learning. Policy Action We Loved in 2022. By Ron Ottinger and Melissa Moritz. Photo Courtesy of Pixabay.

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The Increasing Demand for Computer Science Education in K-12: What it Means for Educators, Teachers, and Students

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Such initiatives reflect a broader shift in educational policy towards recognizing CS as a fundamental skillset, alongside reading, writing, and mathematics. Such initiatives reflect a broader shift in educational policy towards recognizing CS as a fundamental skillset, alongside reading, writing, and mathematics.

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A Summer Unlike (We Hope) Any Other

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Impacts across the board COVID-19 cast a shadow this summer across everything to do with education, STEM education certainly included. In one arena, everyone “on the ground” in K-12 education – administrators, teachers and staff, parents, communities – scrambled to plan for a school year unlike any other. Eric Iversen.

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What’s up in Washington D.C. on STEM?

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Q: How’s the policy calendar looking today compared to what you were seeing. Thomas Phillips, congressional affairs specialist at Battelle, updates us on what’s going on at Capitol Hill. A: The biggest issue at stake in this budget for education, and particularly STEM, is around the spending authorized in Title IV Part A.

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Computing grants, mobile museum, STEM fest and more drive success in Utah

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A lot has been happening with STEM in Utah since our conversation . The Utah STEM Action Center, based in Salt Lake City, has created a strategic plan, awarded computing partnership grants and launched a Mobile STEM Museums project — and that’s just a sampling of its accomplishments.

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View from DC: A “Second Dose” of Relief? The American Jobs Plan, Innovation and Competition Act, and President’s Budget

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Q: Speaking of the President, what’s been happening with respect to the Administration? . A: To begin on the nominations front, Cindy Marten, the administration’s pick for Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education was confirmed by the Senate on May 11. The AJP would invest $100 billion to upgrade and build new public schools, “.

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Update from Capitol Hill on the Trump administration’s budget proposal

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It’s been seven months since the Trump administration released its budget proposal for the U.S. Thomas Phillips, congressional affairs specialist at Battelle, updates us on policy on STEM education. Thomas Phillips, congressional affairs specialist at Battelle, updates us on policy on STEM education.