JOURNAL ARTICLE • March 2020 • by Victoria May & Myra Lopez
STEMpact is a collaborative program that brings together corporate and foundation funders, teachers, and researchers to formulate and implement best practices to diversify the pipeline for STEM careers.
This article, published in Connected Science Learning, a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), January-March 2020, describes the 2010 formation or of STEMpact to address the need to attract STEM talent to the St. Louis region. A needs assessment and focus group research surveying K-12 educators, university faculty, informal education providers, and corporate stakeholders before identifying teacher training as the critical piece to improving STEM education in the region.