The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden encourages students to learn outside of the classroom with an innovative STEM Education program.
More than 100,000 students are taught by the Arboretum Education team each year and their education program is about to …
An exciting new report from the Dallas Regional Chamber, Southern Methodist University, Accenture, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas analyzes the city’s innovation economy and offers recommendations for actions to accelerate its growth.
To fuel this push, the DFW Regional …
Standing in the middle of Klyde Warren Park on Saturday, 10-year-old Grace Raby picked up another colored bead to complete her handmade suncatcher. Music filled the air as she held up her creation with a big smile on her face, …
The National Math and Science Initiative already has made great strides spreading science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum to thousands of classrooms across the country.
Now, under the leadership of former astronaut and physiologist Bernard Harris Jr., NMSI has partnered …
It’s said there’s power in numbers and as North Texas looks to accelerate the growth and success of its innovation economy it’s going to take a communitywide effort, according to a study released Thursday.
Startups, corporations, investors, universities, government, social …
After a five-year hiatus, DC BEST is on its way back.
The name is an acronym for Denton County’s Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology Robotics competition, a six-week extracurricular robotics contest in the fall for Denton County middle and high …
Jobs requiring science, technology, engineering, and math skills are on the rise, but in 2018 millions of these positions are expected to go unfilled in the U.S.
It’s an economic dilemma that can be traced back to the types of …
The walkSTEM program, an initiative launched by education nonprofit talkSTEM last year, has expanded to reveal the breadth of math and science found in more everyday environments throughout the city.
The Dallas nonprofit’s first docent-led walks in 2017 navigated groups …
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at the University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the National Science Foundation.
The …
Everyone seems to have a different solution for invigorating STEM education for K-12 students. OnPoynt Aerial Solutions’ founders didn’t wait around for studies, however. The husband and wife team put together hands-on kits that allow students to open a box,
A team of Dallas ISD high school students are being nationally recognized for an app they created to help their economically disadvantaged classmates and community.
Klinik, an app that provides convenient access to basic essentials, was recently named one of …
When I was in the first grade, I wanted to be a Girl Scout. Earning badges and wearing the uniform was majorly appealing to my six-year-old self. Unfortunately, my mother was putting herself through college during the day by working …
The popular phrase “breaking the glass ceiling” has brought awareness to the issue of gender inequality in the workplace, primarily with regard to upper mobility and pay. But, with stereotypes firmly in place, gender inequality also exists in terms of …
One thing NASA veteran Lesa Roe has learned six months into her role as the first female chancellor of the University of North Texas System — higher education is not all that different from working for America’s space agency.
“Quite …
SER National, an Irving nonprofit geared toward improving education and employment for Hispanics and other underserved populations, will host its first Community Day event for students trying to plan their futures.
SER National invites high school and college students as …
Jett makes an embarrassed face, then raises his arm in dramatic style like Shakespeare before breaking into a dance routine.
All the commands were fed into Jett, a two-foot tall robot, by elementary students at Pantego Christian Academy. They drag …
Campfires and Thin Mints are set aside for coding, astronomy, and physics at the Girl Scouts’ STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars.
The center, which opens to the public this weekend, marks the Girl Scouts of USA’s …
Capital One celebrated the 10th anniversary of its regional headquarters in Plano by awarding grants to 10 nonprofits and having dynamic speakers talk about empowering the next generation of engineers and scientists through education.
Peter Diamandis talked about the power …
It’s been a year since Capital One launched a report highlighting the economic, technological and social developments that are shaping our region. We are entering a time of unprecedented change that will impact every area of our lives. No one …
As summer approaches, Dallas-based tech giant Texas Instruments has launched a new coding contest aimed at keeping students interested and curious about STEM through the end of the spring semester.
TI recently announced the contest called TI Codes that challenges …
