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Navigating our increasingly technological world and harnessing advances in science and technology to address local and global challenges requires a population that understands the STEM disciplines. National investments in PreK-12 STEM education have led to innovative programs, technologies, and practices with research documenting their effectiveness. To capitalize on these investments, it is important to take stock of what is required to sustain successful initiatives and to scale or adapt them to increase uptake. This study will review the literature and identify research gaps on factors that impede or facilitate widespread implementation of these initiatives at local, regional, and national levels.
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·2025
In the modern history of the United States, investment in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics has resulted in a rich variety of education innovations (programs, practices, models, and technologies). Although a number of these innovations have had the potential to impact...
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An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a consensus study to:
- Review the research literature and identify research gaps regarding the interconnected factors that foster and hinder successful implementation of promising, evidence-based PreK-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education innovations at the local, regional, and national level;
- Present a compendium of promising, evidence-based PreK-12 STEM education practices, models, programs, and technologies;
- Identify barriers to widespread and sustained implementation of such innovations; and
- Make recommendations to the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education, state and local educational agencies, and other relevant stakeholders on measures to address such barriers.
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Amy Stephens
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National Science Foundation
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Brittani Shorter
Audrey Webb
Samuel Crawford