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Participation and Outcomes in Out-of-School Work-Based Learning: Evidence from ExpandED's STEM Options Program. Research Report

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Clare Buckley Flack; John Sludden; James J. Kemple – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2024

There is currently a heavy emphasis on career-connected learning for high school students in New York City. ExpandED Schools' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Options (ES Options) program predates the newest of these initiatives. Launched in 2019, ES Options combines a credit-bearing STEM apprenticeship in the spring with a…

Descriptors: After School Programs, Work Experience Programs, STEM Education, Student Participation

The Baltimore City Schools Middle School STEM Summer Program with VEX Robotics

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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2015

In 2011 Baltimore City Schools submitted a successful proposal for an Investing in Innovations (i3) grant to offer a three year (2012-2014) summer program designed to expose rising sixth through eighth grade students to VEX robotics. The i3-funded Middle School Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summer Learning Program was…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Summer Programs, Grade 6, Grade 7

If We Build It, We Will Come: Impacts of a Summer Robotics Program on Regular Year Attendance in Middle School. Policy Brief

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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2014

Recognizing the importance of both keeping middle school students engaged and improving their math skills, Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) developed a summer school STEM program involving not only math and science instruction but also the experience of building a robot and competing with those robots in a city-wide tournament.…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Summer Programs, Robotics, Mathematics Skills