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October 31, 2019 by Megan McKeon Leave a Comment

Second Annual STEM Week Highlights Gaps & Opportunities

Second Annual STEM Week Highlights Gaps & Opportunities

Exposure.  Access. Representation.   These concepts emerged as resounding themes from the second annual Massachusetts STEM Week, shedding light on the challenges the Commonwealth still faces in helping its residents attain and succeed in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers. With the overarching theme “See Yourself in STEM” guiding the events of the week, leaders from the public, private, and education sectors engaged in data-driven conversations around the status of STEM education, and STEM opportunity, … [Read more...]

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July 25, 2019 by Megan McKeon Leave a Comment

Boston’s STEM community assesses progress, pursues vision for the future

Boston’s STEM community assesses progress, pursues vision for the future

Thursday, July 18 – Today representatives from Boston’s youth development organizations, corporations, STEM-rich institutions, research partners, and the Boston Public Schools gathered to share successes and assess the progress of the BoSTEM initiative, as well as set the vision for the coming year.  Launched by Boston After School & Beyond and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley in 2012, BoSTEM is a citywide initiative that aims to ensure every middle grade student in Boston Public Schools (BPS) has access to high … [Read more...]

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January 24, 2018 by Cooper Gould Leave a Comment

Mayor Walsh and Superintendent Chang Announce Significant Expansion of BoSTEM Initiative

Mayor Walsh and Superintendent Chang Announce Significant Expansion of BoSTEM Initiative

On Thursday January 18th, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang joined leaders of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Boston After School & Beyond, and eight community-based STEM education programs at the Mario Umana K-8 Academy to announce a new grant that will significantly expand the BoSTEM initiative to reach up to 10,000 students over the next five years. BoSTEM originally launched in 2015, and has been proven to be an effective collaboration between schools and after-school … [Read more...]

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February 12, 2016 by Danielle Kim Leave a Comment

Boston Hosts Seven Cities for National STEM Summit

Boston Hosts Seven Cities for National STEM Summit

From February 10-11, Boston After School & Beyond hosted seven cities and esteemed guests for the Frontiers in Urban Science Exploration (FUSE 3.0) Winter Institute, convened by Every Hour Counts. Forty-five leaders in youth development, education, and informal science gathered together to share their thinking on how infuse STEM learning in-and out-of-school with social-emotional skill-building and the practices detailed in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Participating city partners included ExpandED Schools in New York … [Read more...]

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November 20, 2015 by Danielle Kim 1 Comment

BoSTEM: New Partnership to Close STEM Achievement Gap

BoSTEM: New Partnership to Close STEM Achievement Gap

45% of the job postings in the Boston area require STEM skills, regardless of the company posting them.  Yet 69% of Massachusetts employers report difficulty in finding employees with the right skills. It is our responsibility, our imperative, to work together to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s workforce. Boston has committed to a five-year campaign to give all middle-school students access to high-quality STEM experiences. With the goal of creating a model that can be replicated nationally, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, BPS … [Read more...]

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September 14, 2015 by Danielle Kim 2 Comments

BoSTEM Selected to Be Part of the National STEM Ecosystems Initiative

BoSTEM Selected to Be Part of the National STEM Ecosystems Initiative

BoSTEM, a dynamic multi-sector partnership led by Boston After School & Beyond, Citizen Schools, and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, has been selected as one of 27 inaugural communities to participate in the STEM Learning Ecosystems Initiative. The selected sites have pledged to collaborate and share their work on expanding hands-on STEM learning experiences to young people across the country. Launched by the STEM Funders Network at the Clinton Global Initiative in Denver, the STEM Learning Ecosystems … [Read more...]

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