The STEM Education Caucus, along with special guests the STEM Education Coalition, National Association of Manufacturers, and American Council on Education held a briefing to discuss the ways in which colleges and universities are working with industry partners to prepare students for current and future STEM jobs. The briefing was […]
Coalition Leads 100+ Organizations in STEM Funding Request
The STEM Education Coalition rallied 100+ education, professional, and business organizations to sign on to a letter to congressional appropriators. The letter thanks appropriators for the $700 million increase in ESSA Title IV, Part A funding in the 2018 Omnibus and outlines key funding priorities for the FY2019 appropriations cycle. […]
Coalition Praises STEM focus of Better Deal Agenda
The STEM Education Coalition’s Executive Director, James Brown, issued a statement today praising the STEM focus of the Better Deal agenda, released today by House Democrats: “We are pleased that the Better Deal agenda includes a strong emphasis on STEM education and making sure that our schools and educators are equipped […]
Coalition Supports House Bill to Realign NSF Education Grants
The STEM Education Coalition has voiced support for H.R. 5509, the Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act. James Brown, Executive Director of the Coalition released the following statement : “We commend the House Science, Space and Technology Committee for advancing bipartisan legislation that would enable the National Science Foundation […]
Coalition Supports Education Priorities in Omnibus
James Brown, Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition released the following statement upon the release of the FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: “We are pleased to see education, especially science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, prioritized in this year’s Omnibus federal spending bill. Congress has taken the correct steps […]
Leadership Council Welcomes Expertise of the College Board
The STEM Education Coalition is excited to announce the College Board has joined our Leadership Council. The College Board is a not-for-profit organization created in 1900 to expand access to higher education. Today, their membership numbers over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions. Each year, the College Board helps […]
Coalition Proudly Welcomes SHPE to Leadership Council
The STEM Education Coalition is pleased to announce that the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, or SHPE, has joined our Leadership Council. Based in California and founded in 1974 by a group of engineers working for the city of Los Angeles, SHPE’s vision is “a world where Hispanics are highly […]
STEM Education Coalition 2017 Annual Report
The STEM Education Coalition is excited to present our 2017 Annual Report! 2017 was an eventful, impactful year for the Coalition. This report highlights the activities, accomplishments, and major media coverage of our work over the past year. Coalition staff met with more than 100 legislators and their staffs, hosted […]
Building Blocks of STEM Act Passes House
The House of Representatives voted to unanimously pass H.R. 3397 Building Blocks of STEM Act. The bill, sponsored by Representative Jacky Rosen (NV-3), instructs the National Science Foundation, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to consider age distribution in order to more equitably allocate funding for research […]
Coalition Director Speaks on Learning Pathways at Arkansas STEM Summit
Coalition Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition James Brown delivered a speech at the Second Arkansas STEM Summit about STEM learning pathways in line with the summit’s theme of “Spotlighting STEM.” The event was co-sponsored by the Arkansas STEM Coalition, AdvancED Arkansas, and the Arkansas Out-of-School Network. The conference […]