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Jeff Weld
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I'm deep-diving into the #GrandChallenges ahead for #STEMed. The first, maybe the thorniest --> public perception. "STEM executives and practitioners...would do America a seismic favor by picking and sticking to a main goal." Full article here: ¯\_(ツ)_/ stemmagazine.com/gNOV25/viewe...
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The first of 8 *Grand Challenges* for STEM Ed. is... TEACHER TRAINING HASN'T KEPT UP WITH STEM TEACHER PRACTICE. But good news!--> this panel of rockstars peels the onion at the JFF Horizons conference June 11. See you there?

Seven more Challenges & Solutions coming soon.
May 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Discussed Federal #STEM policy w/ K-12 Policy Wkg. Group of the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching & Learning (#CASTL) of the @NationalAcademies. Federal STEM Ed. policy, presently opaque, is the oxygen needed to fuel #47's innovation goals --> www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
April 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
STEM's vexing challenges: Are our teachers #STEM-ready? Is AI usurping broader STEM imperative? How to widen participation w/o triggering censors? How pockets of excellence become landscapes of brilliance?... all slayed by #StemEdCoalition & #STEMx members on The Hill yesterday!
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Need inspiration? Judge FIRST Robotics [...or a science fair, math modeling, cyber-olympics, future cities - you get the idea] FRC Regional @ UNI this weekend --> Today's kids are brilliant 🧠 🤩 -- we're all going to be alright. #STEMEd
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Work-based/Career-linked/Experiential Learning -- whatever we call it, #47 is about workforce development -- Beware tho - don't forget #STEMteachers! Here's the policy to make it happen: fas.org/publication/... More info? --> Ch. 8 in www.nsta.org/blog/creatin...
March 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Curious what's happening in Fed. STEM Ed.? Need help navigating? Join us next Wednesday on Capitol Hill! (Virtually or in-person)

#STEMed #STEMpolicy #STEMeducation #EdInnovation #StateofSTEM
February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"...recipes & protocols box in learners, or they could be handed the tools to fumble about, question & create. One mode is efficient, the other is meaningful. One fosters conformists, the other spawns innovators." #STEM swaps efficiency for innovation. innovationia.com/2018/05/31/q...
February 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Friends, 1 more #47 post (for now). Here's #45's last budget R & D priority memo to Fed. Agencies (the STEM part). Just add in "AI" and maybe, just maybe this'll be the STEM Ed. agenda to come at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW... Full doc at www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
#STEMeducation
November 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM