Today's blog is really connected to Monday's post. But, I interrupted the queue after I heard about Inspire My Heart With Art Day. Sorry for the discontinuity.
Continue reading Science Talent Search
Remember when we considered what the elite school, the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, was planning to do? (You do recall this is often considered the #1 high school in the US- and that it fails to attract significant numbers of Black and Hispanic students. Which is exactly why changes to the admission system are being proposed.)
Continue reading Is the lottery dead?
When I first heard about Solve, I thought the notice was from MIT. After all, this was a term MIT had bandied about for a long time.
STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. (Of which I most recently spoke last Friday.)
Continue reading STEM Leadership
When I tell folks that I really want our children to become comfortable with STEM, they (naturally) assume I want great courses in science, engineering, technology, and math. Sure, I do. As well as great programs in music, grammar (none of this BS ‘texting vernacular’), history, citizenship, and the rest. Because our kids need to be world citizens.
Continue reading How can we make STEM flower?
I remember when I was a little tyke, I would play in my basement. No, not with conventional toys. Oh, sure, one of my distant cousins (who was deeply involved with Sperry Gyroscope and its military inventions) had given me his son’s wonderful Lionel train set (which remained in my possession until I was 12 years old). But, it was my Lionel-Porter Chemistry set that held my attention.
Continue reading It all stems from STEM
A Rhodes Scholar. Earning this distinction means one has obtained one of the oldest international fellowship awards.
I should tell you that I don’t routinely read the obits. Oh, sure, I have friends who grab my paper to reach the Metro Section and flip to the end. where the obits reside. I always tell them I’ll let them know if they are wirtten up there- there’s no need to study those pages.
Continue reading Woman of STEM
Almost 6 decades ago, folks could have told me to shut up. (OK. They did. I didn’t listen. I still don’t.)
Continue reading Don’t tell her no, no, no!
