K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas – A Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The 2024 consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas, includes a stock-taking of existing federal programs that support rural STEM education and workforce development, and recommendations for federal, state, and local action to improve STEM education and workforce development in rural areas.

The National Academies was directed to undertake a consensus study through the CHIPS+Science Act to take stock of existing federal programs that support rural STEM education and workforce development and to develop recommendations for federal, state, and local action to improve it. This session will feature an overview of the report and recommendations from members of the committee that produced the consensus study, as well as discussion on future research directions based on the recommendations provided in the report.

Sub Unit

• AERA Science and Policy Sessions

Chair

• Devon G. Brenner, Mississippi State University

Participants

• Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Sciences

• Darris Roshawn Means, Clemson University

• Guan Saw, Claremont Graduate University

Commentators

• Catherine P. Bradshaw, University of Virginia

• Amy Price Azano, Virginia Tech