by Dottie Rose | Oct 17, 2023 | blog, STEAM, STEM, STEM initative
Texas is taking significant strides toward equity and inclusion, starting with a fifth-grade math assessment. According to this piece from The Independent, a new law will automatically enroll students in advanced sixth-grade math if they score in the top 40% on...
by Dottie Rose | Sep 26, 2023 | blog, Girls in Tech, Girls in Technology, STEAM, STEM, Women in Tech
It’s no secret – women who pursue science-related fields in STEM are treated much differently than men who do the same, particularly in physics. A significant part of this boils down to how women in physics are represented in pop culture and the media we consume....
by Dottie Rose | Aug 30, 2023 | blog, Girls in Tech, Girls in Technology, STEAM, STEM, Women in Tech
It’s evaluation time. We need to take a good hard look at whether the education system in its current form is properly preparing students for careers in STEM. Recently, the Walton Family Foundation conducted a survey to dive deeper into just that, and the results are...
by Dottie Rose | Jul 18, 2023 | blog, Computationally Learning Games, Girls in Technology, STEM
Did you know that, according to the US Department of Labor, 10 million people worked in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in 2021? Did you also know this number is expected to climb 11% by 2031? While these statistics are promising, as society becomes...
by Dottie Rose | Jun 14, 2023 | blog, Girls in Technology, STEM, STEM initative, Technology Facts, Women in Tech
A college near the Twin Cities seeks to stoke up interest in STEM. One hundred middle school girls attended a unique and free program at the University of St. Thomas (UST). The one-day camp, sponsored by the Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview Summer (STEPS)...
by Dottie Rose | May 19, 2023 | blog, STEAM, STEM, STEMM, STREAM, Technology Facts
Believe it or not, HTML is a huge part of our internet experience and how we read documents online. The seeds planted for creating HTML span further back than you might think. It even predates the official birthday of the internet (January 1, 1983 – our web is 40...
