Par Excellence STEM Academy Working to Change the Perception of Scientists and Engineers
Newark Public Charter Elementary School Teacher Believes and Lives that STEM is for all By Allison Shardell, PhD, BCSE, SMHS. When you think of scientists, engineers, and those in other STEM careers, what picture do you get in your head? Did you picture a Deaf astronaut? An Autistic animal scientist? An engineer with a learning […]
Ohio Academy of Science inspiring students, building STEM skills in Ohio
In 2022, Angie McMurry from the Ohio Academy of Science got a chance to work with some students from Northridge, a suburb of Dayton that had been horribly ravaged by tornadoes in 2019. It was another instance for the OAS director of programs to witness the power of believing in students and giving them opportunities […]
Hawkins STEMM Academy piloting Zero Barriers strategies for inclusion in STEM
‘They have an imagination just like any other child’ For Monica Cornell, the work with Zero Barriers team is a welcome affirmation of how she has been teaching the 11 students in her “self-contained” elementary classroom at Hawkins STEMM Academy, a public school, in Toledo. Each of Cornell’s 11 students, who range from second to […]