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Base 11 recently announced that it would award a $1.5 million grant to an HBCU for the development of a rocketry program.

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All Star Code raised over $1 million to fund its summer STEM training program.

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Howard University has joined the Verizon Innovative Learning Program to provide STEM education for Black youth.

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Black Girls CODE teamed up with Lyft to increase racial representation in STEM.

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Silas Adekunle—the founder of Reach Robotics—announced that his company will sell its gaming robots at Apple stores.

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According to The Condition of STEM 2013 Report, “The academic achievement gap that exists in general for ethnically diverse students is even more pronounced among those interested in the STEM fields.” In 2013, 24 percent of African American students passed the math section of the ACT while only 18 percent of African American students passed the […]

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According to the most recent Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which measured 65 countries, 29 countries outperformed the United States in math and 22 in science. The city of Shanghai was two full years ahead of Massachusetts, our top-ranking state. There is an opportunity for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to enhance education in […]