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NEOSTEM Meetings Past and Upcoming
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NeoSTEM has an important role to play in our community. At its best, NeoSTEM is an agent of change; it is a vehicle to create and facilitate meaningful STEM learning opportunities, particularly among Black and Brown students, throughout northeast Ohio. Through its DreamSTEM, WIR’ED, and Real World of STEM initiatives, NeoSTEM has created a framework …
Read moreMAKING CONNECTIONS: LINKING CLASSROOMS AND CAREERS
Students learn best when they are actually doing things — not just reading or listening to someone talk. Students engage the most when they can solve problems and find solutions. Students relate to the real world. Guided by these simple ideas, the NeoSTEM Ecosystem has launched a discussion of how to create meaningful connections between …
Read moreNeoSTEM having a home
Those who attended the May 2, 2021, meeting of the NeoSTEM Ecosystem discussed the possibility of NeoSTEM establishing a home in a Mid-Town location. The idea of co-locating in the building that MAGNET is renovating was discussed as a possibility. The foundational principle guiding this idea of NeoSTEM having a home is that it would …
Read moreMaking STEM opportunities visible and relevant
OVERVIEW: For the last several months, the NeoSTEM Ecosystem community has been identifying what it believes to be the greatest unmet needs of students in Northeast Ohio. Our community has concluded that people – especially in minoritized communities – have little or no understanding about STEM opportunities that exist locally. Furthermore, there is a general …
Read moreNeoSTEM Sets Its Top Priorities
Through a process that began in July 2020, the NeoSTEM Ecosystem identified its top priorities and finalized them at the November 2020 meeting. Making STEM Opportunities Visible & Relevant to Students, Families and the Entire Community, with a Focus on Improving Black and Brown Students’ Engagement with STEM – This work can take the form …
Read morePartners Share Valuable Resources and Ideas During NeoSTEM Ecosystem Meeting
Partners Share Valuable Resources and Ideas During NeoSTEM Ecosystem Meeting It’s Not Too Late to Add Your Resources and Ideas Dozens of ideas and valuable resources were shared during the Oct. 6 meeting of the NeoSTEM Ecosystem. Here’s a small sampling: Students in Northeast Ohio region must be able to see themselves as having careers …
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