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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.   MESA understands the importance of after school programs, especially for educationally and economically disadvantaged students. According […]

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 opportunity to build those skills.   But through MESA, each year, more than 200 […]

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 is expected to increase to 1.1 million – or 19% — by 2018.   Yet, […]

Welcome to the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement blog. Our blog is a forum to share trends in STEM education, higher education access and the amazing things happening with MESA across California.   This blog and the redesigned website are just one result of a year-long strategic planning process that sets the structure for MESA’s future. […]