The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. The STEM pipeline ...

The demand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals outweighs the supply. The number of U.S. technology job vacancy postings in September 2022 exceeded 804,000, and ...

A grave shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering, and math careers — the so-called STEM fields — threatens the health of Massachusetts’ economy. Perhaps more ominous is the fact that ...

Massachusetts is a center of biotechnology and medical research, but it may not always be so unless a lot more high school students pursue scientific and mathematics degrees and careers. As one of the ...

T he growth of advanced manufacturing skillsets reflects the evolving landscape of the manufacturing industry, driven by technological advancements and increased demand for efficiency, and innovation.

The "pipeline" metaphor popular in higher ed STEM fields describes the journey a student interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics must take through increasingly specialized ...

Middle school is an important time in a child’s development, as their identities grow and career and postsecondary plans come into focus. Community-based relationships that allow kids to see ...

Many educators are familiar with the research suggesting the demand for employees in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. For instance, the nonpartisan New American ...

A couple of years ago, I got into a heated argument with a white male lab mate about whether racial and gender inequities still existed in science. He argued that, having both made it to our Stanford ...

As colleges across the country grapple with the realities of COVID-19 and the impact it will inevitably have on their ability to serve existing students and attract new ones, a growing number of ...

We need to inspire more students of color to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). For this to happen, students need greater access to experiences beyond ...

William Floyd, head of external affairs at Google, spoke of the importance of interventions and supports for students, especially black and brown students and girls of all races, who, studies show, ...