America has a problem.
Despite a slight increase in the last few decades, Black and Latino individuals comprise only 9% and 8% respectively of the STEM workforce. Access to a high-quality K-12 STEM education is a key contributor to improving this reality but education providers struggle to provide this in an equitable, effective and accountable manner that yields the highest level of impact for the most number of students.​
High investment, low return
In an effort to strengthen the K-12 STEM pipeline, a considerable amount of public, private, corporate and non-profit resources have been allocated to address the country’s overall need to improve K-12 STEM education in the United States but despite these efforts, the return on investment has been dismal.
Increased efforts, disjointed action
Organizations that compose the K-12 STEM ecosystem include but are not limited to K-12 schools/districts, STEM program providers, post-secondary institutions, industry, government and funding entities. Examples exist of attempts to improve STEM education but many operate separately. In order to improve access to high quality STEM education for historically underrepresented students of color, each member of the ecosystem has to function more intentionally, cohesively and efficiently given their role.
We can help.
We use subject matter expertise to help each part of the K-12 STEM ecosystem to function as a more cohesive unit by offering a signature service that deconstructs current practices or programming, examines areas of opportunities and redesigns efforts to impact exponential change. Supporting services also include: strategic planning, professional training and external evaluation.