Teachers' voices are regularly absent from conversations about their professional growth.
Published July 2017. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs are expected to...
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Teaching lacks financial incentives.
Published July 2017. The demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills in the private and public sector is high, and the...
Schools often lack a collaborative environment to foster teacher growth.
Published July 2017. One of the factors contributing to the attrition of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers is the lack...
Many teachers lack access to quality STEM curriculum.
Published July 2017. In order to add 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers to America’s classrooms by...
Teachers lack collaborative work environments.
Published July 2017. For K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching to be an attractive career choice for STEM college...
STEM content and pedagogy are not integrated.
Published July 2017. Improvements in teacher preparation to better focus on the unique characteristics of 21st-century teaching and learning have been...