STEM3 Academy has set a blistering pace. In August of last year we opened the high school. Some four months later, we opened the middle school, and now there are plans in place to open an elementary school in the fall of this year. Why the rapid expansion? Why now? As we mentioned in a… Continue reading
On January 19th 2016, STEM3 Academy will open its doors to a middle school on the same campus that houses the high school. This expansion of the school to include grades 6 through 8 is in response to the early success of the high school, the intense interest from parents and the community, but also provides… Continue reading
If there is one concern more than any other which parents voice, it is: What will my child do after graduation? What college or career is appropriate? What will they be or become? This concern about the future for their son or daughter is not without merit. Even the most favorable statistics show that the… Continue reading
How do modern successful companies prepare for future workforce needs? How do they guarantee that there will be a steady pipeline of qualified candidates ready to fill the burgeoning demand for technically trained individuals? If you’re the Ford Motor Company, you start an initiative called Next Generation Learning to bring real-world problems into the classroom,… Continue reading
It has become commonplace to acknowledge the shortage of qualified computer science professionals, the scarcity of programmers, both in the general population, but particularly among those traditionally underrepresented: girls, ethnic minorities, and those on the autism spectrum or with other special needs. One school in Brookline, Massachusetts is aiming to reduce that shortage by integrating… Continue reading
In February of 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a report on how to produce an additional one million college graduates with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Economic forecasts had predicted that the nation would have a million fewer graduates in STEM fields than had been estimated, so… Continue reading
The great divide between the arts and the sciences, what the late scientist and writer, C. P. Snow, called “the two cultures” is of modern vintage—it didn’t always used to be so. There was a time when it was recognized that art, as much as science, is directed at understanding ourselves and the world in… Continue reading
