Data indicates that few women are graduating with computer science degrees and entering technology-driven fields. This lack of diversity in computer science can affect academic environments and work cultures negatively.

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a virtual discussion titled, ” Girls in STEM: High-Quality, Hands-on Experiences Matter.”

The STEM Education Coalition thanks Congress for its hard work to finalize a bipartisan and ambitious competitiveness package and appreciates the legislation’s strong focus on STEM education.

Today, U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the Strengthening STEM Ecosystems Act, legislation to boost STEM workforce and job training.

On Thursday, December 2, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a virtual discussion on the future of women veterans in STEM.

As the United States celebrates National Digital Inclusion week (October 4-8, 2021), the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum is pleased to invite you to a briefing on October 7 at 11:00 am EST for policymakers to learn more about the daily obstacles that communities across the country face in accessing and navigating the Internet.

In July the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued the report Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future.

The STEM Education Coalition is encouraging Congress to include STEM education investments in any reconciliation bill considered by lawmakers.

On Thursday, July 15, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a virtual discussion with STEM education advocates and state leaders from around the country to discuss various state-level advocacy strategies and highlight examples from collaborating with partners in Texas and Ohio.

On Tuesday, June 8, the STEM Education Coalition sent a letter to state policymakers encouraging them to include STEM education in their plans for using federal education relief funds enacted by Congress.

On Tuesday, June 15, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee advanced Informal STEM Learning Act (H.R. 3859) as an amendment to the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, which passed out of the committee and now heads to the House floor for a vote.

On Wednesday, May 12, the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum, in conjunction with Education Development Center, hosted a webinar to discuss underserved populations—each of which intersects significantly with race—that typically experience exclusion from high quality STEM experiences as well as from significant opportunities to contribute to the enterprise.

On Wednesday, March 17, the STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum co-hosted a webinar in conjunction with STEMx to discuss how educators are thinking about the lost learning time in STEM subjects and how local and state leaders are leveraging federal resources that have been directed to that end.

On Friday, May 12, the STEM Education Coalition sent a letter to the White House outlining a myriad of opportunities where the President Biden and Vice President Harris can utilize the enormous power of their offices to further send the signal that STEM learning is critically important to our nation as we begin in earnest down the long road to American recovery.

On Wednesday, February 3rd, the STEM Education Coalition hosted a webinar on “STEM Education 101: Major Policy Issues for the 117th Congress.” The webinar highlighted K-12, higher education, CTE, informal and afterschool, diversity and workforce issues that have implications for STEM education – and the work of the 117th Congress.