This is a critical time for STEM Education in our nation. The U.S. Department of Education has identified the need to step up STEM education across the country so all students, from K-12 to graduate school, develop scientific knowledge as well as analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. The Institute for STEM Education has an exciting future in all aspects of this, including our award-winning Master of Arts in Teaching program based at CRC, formal and informal educational outreach, educational and pedagogical research, the scholarship of teaching and learning, recruitment, retention and persistence of STEM students, and collaboration with educational and basic research programs here and elsewhere.
