Educate to Innovate Campaign

Post date: Jul 11, 2010 12:28:15 PM

Educate to Innovate Campaign  to increase the participation and performance of America’s students in STEM. The Educate to Innovate Campaign has three pillars - one of which emphasizes increasing the participation of girls and women in STEM. 

Representatives of national organizations that are familiar with research and practices related to girls and STEM (K-12) as a significant component of their activities are asked to provide input via an online survey.  Then, a small group will meet to review the survey results and a report will be produced summarizing the recommendations of the meeting attendees and the broader community.  It is expected that a larger Summit will be held in the fall to more fully disseminate the report and recommendations. 

The list of Strategies under discussion is derived from a document produced by the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity. See Nontraditional Career Preparations: Root Causes and Strategies, found athttp://02b47b1.netsolhost.com/foundation/page.php?55.  The report is organized by areas of influence, such as Education, Career Information, Family, Internal/Individual, Societal Issues. Under each area, Root Causes are identified, and a Theory about the Root Cause. Then Strategies addressing the Root Causes are given. Evidence for each Theory is discussed in Part II of the report, as well as Effective Practices andResources. 

Many of the Strategies have been implemented by specific programs, some named in the report and others described in other resources.

More information about this report, including a link, is on the project Web site:  http://www.stemcollaboration.org.