TRIO Upward Bound students at North Lake College recently completed their annual 6-week Summer Enrichment program, which provides high school students with a college experience by learning a variety of fun academic activities.…
Educators across the country are focusing on new STEM initiatives to help students become skilled scientists, technology workers, engineers, and innovators. Now, though, academics and policy-makers are talking about an alternative called STEAM – and even a third term, STREAM? What do all the acronyms mean? And what differentiates them? Let’s explore both sides of this new debate in education. What is STEM? STEM is simply shorthand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More practically, the term STEM refers not just to those classes, but to efforts to help students succeed in them. Dedicated STEM high schools, for instance, help [...]
