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Understanding Emerging Opportunity Structures in STEM Education: Research Efforts to Explore School-Level Innovations

Sun, April 15, 8:15 to 9:45am, Sheraton Wall Centre, Floor: Third Level, North Junior Ballroom B

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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This symposium explores STEM opportunity structures that schools are building for students to pursue STEM college majors and careers. Many such efforts focus on students underserved in science education, and are encouraged by local business and industries and state governments because they are seen as good for the economic health of affected communities. The symposium will: introduce five ambitious NSF-funded research projects that explore school-level attributes to improve STEM education, including specialized STEM-focused schools; discuss research designs that illuminate different models of STEM education at the school level that affect student outcomes and opportunities structures; and, consider new avenues for education policy research on STEM in schools and their game-changing potential for students seeking STEM careers.

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