Digitalization and the American Workforce
A new report, Digitalization and the American Workforce, has recently been released by the Brookings Institutions Metropolitan Policy Program. Designed to track the spread of digital adoption, the report provides a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of…
Narragansett Watershed Counts
Watershed Counts is a collaborative initiative of 60 partners, facilitated by the URI Coastal Institute in its role as Chair of the Rhode Island Environmental Monitoring Collaborative and the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, working together to evaluate the conditions and…
NCWIT Applications for 2018 Award Open
The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations (AiC) in Computing honors women in grades 9 through 12 who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions. Awards for…
2017-2018 Nature Works Everywhere Grant Now Open
The Nature Conservancy will be awarding grants to support projects that implement green infrastructure to address local environmental challenges. Grants of $2,000 will be awarded to 60 public or charter schools across the United States. A Nature Works Everywhere project…
Senators Call Out Phony Science Materials Sent to Teachers Nationwide
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) along with Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) , and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to highlight bogus materials sent by the Heartland Institute to more than 300,000…
Snapshot Report – Science and Engineering Degree Completion by Gender
From 2006 to 2016, degree completion in the “hard sciences” increased in prevalence for both genders. Excluding social sciences and psychology, the percentage of bachelor’s degrees accounted for by S&E disciplines increased five percentage points for men, and two percentage…
STEM Starts Early
STEM Starts Early: Grounding Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education in Early Childhood,” published by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and New America and supported by a National Science Foundation grant reports that children who engage in scientific…
K-12 Computer Science Framework
The Association for Computing Machinery, Code.org, Computer Science Teachers Association, Cyber Innovation Center, and National Math and Science Initiative have collaborated with states, districts, and the computer science education community to develop conceptual guidelines for computer science education. The K–12 Computer…
ISTE
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has released an updated version of the Standards for Students. These standards emphasize the skills and qualities needed to engage and thrive in a connected, digital world. The standards focus on transformative…
