The importance of afterschool programs

California was recently named the top state in the country at providing top-quality afterschool programs. According to the Afterschool Alliance report, after-school participation in California had increased to 25 percent in 2013, up from 19 percent in 2009.  ...

STEM Student Leaders, Industry Take to San Diego

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 28, 2014 Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230 Press Release   A select group of almost 200 community college and university students will hone their leadership skills at a special invitation-only conference for math-based majors.  ...

Leadership at its best

Sure there’s reading, writing and arithmetic. But what about communications, leadership and networking? Not as catchy, but just as important.   Soft skills are large part of one’s career success, but often STEM students don’t see the importance or have the...

What is MESA?

Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education is hot topic these days. Everyone from President Obama to Grammy-winner will.i.am are investing in the future of STEM education. And for good reason. California currently has almost 900,000 STEM jobs and that...