Strengthening Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education
mbrt.org/stem
Through Race to the Top funding, and in partnership with the Governor and Maryland State Department of Education, MBRT is developing the State’s STEM Innovation Network -- STEMnet.
Maryland Business A Teacher Hub and a Student Hub are being created, with the first components – Roundtable for STEM Specialists in the Classroom and STEM Career Exploration – being launched Education this fall, with initial focus on the biosciences. mbrt.org/bio Mid-Year Report 2011 With significant support from Northrop Grumman, IBM, AT&T, and MSDE, we have built the online platform on which STEMnet will run, conducted focus groups and surveys to assess needs of teachers and students, recruited and trained science specialists to support instruction and motivate students to pursue STEM careers, and designed systems that will coordinate the connections between teachers and scientists.
Moving Maryland from national leader to world class in education, innovation, and workforce quality
Become College/Career Ready mbrt.org/speak
During the 2010-11 school year, hundreds of MBRT volunteer speakers reached 35,000 middle and high school students across Maryland with inclassroom messages about planning their futures and the importance of hard work and rigorous coursework in preserving their options for college and careers.
As MBRT prepares to Through a federal grant partnership with the begin a new decade and Helping Middle and Maryland Higher Education Commission, MBRT is launch a new three-year High School Students expanding its program to provide strategic plan, a stronger focus on STEM services to 10,000 middle school students – and their parents – in 52 high poverty education and careers schools in 6 school districts. will be a key element. While our mission remains the same, our focus and impact are taking new shape. High credibility/visibility, strong partnerships and corporate support, new technologies, strategic solutions, impressive results, and broader funding have propelled our efforts to a higher level.
Fifty percent of 2010 high school grads qualified as Maryland Scholars (up from 35% in 2007) – a college/ career course of study that includes rigorous math and science requirements. 2011 data is being collected.
BeWhatIWantToBe.com (with 200,000+ student users) and the Be What I Want To Be magazine (90,000 copies distributed annually) give students realistic, pertinent information about college and careers.
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education – 5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 150 – Baltimore, MD 21228 410-788-0333 – www.mbrt.org
Raising standards
and aligning expectations
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