In 2006 when I arrived as president at Harvey Mudd College, a small (800 students) science and engineering college in Claremont, Cal., my first order of business was to lead a strategic planning ...

STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. There is a movement afoot to turn that acronym into STEAM by adding the Arts. Science educators have begun to realize that the skills ...

Science and science education face significant threats these days, whether in the form of bans on what types of science can be taught in schools, criticism from mainstream politicians who seem to have ...

Award-winning literacy nonprofit 826 National and Time Warner Cable’s (TWC) Connect a Million Minds initiative today launched their innovative STEM and writing curriculum, STEM to Story: Enthralling ...

The need to diversify the federal STEM workforce is like writing on the wall. As an increasing number of STEM doctorates are awarded to international students who eventually return–with their STEM ...

Today’s students need to write in science and math class because they will need to write well to get tomorrow’s jobs. Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to ...

Articulating discoveries, gaining funding and forging connections all require the ability to convey ideas, write Mabel Perez-Oquendo and Elizabeth O. Hileman. By Mabel Perez-Oquendo and Elizabeth O.

Elea Abisamra (at left) and other Virginia Tech students teach elementary school kids about science through writing and self-publishing books. Elea Abisamra published her first book in fifth grade.

Today’s students need to write in science and math class because they will need to write well to get tomorrow’s jobs. Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to ...