The STEM Academy Information

The STEM Academy is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to improving STEM literacy for all students. Curriculum was developed in response to the National Academy of Engineering study, " Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects". Concrete evidence can be provided that the practices, strategies, and programming utilized within The STEM Academy K-12 curriculum will improve rural and low-income student growth, close achievement gaps, decrease dropout rates, increase high school graduation rates and improve teacher and principal effectiveness. This evidence is substantiated by student outcome data captured by The STEM Academy LMS as compared to historical student performance data. The curriculum is rigorous, innovative and comprehensive and was collaboratively developed by K-12 teachers, university educators, industry partners, engineering and biomedical professionals. K-12 curriculum is standard enough to assure high-quality content exchange and flexible enough to allow for school districts and states to modify to meet their particular needs. Curriculum culminates with students applying real-world application of their STEM education with hand-on activities and maps to the following national standards: International Technology Engineering Education Association - ITEEA; Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology - ABET; National Science Teachers Association -NSTA; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - NCTM.