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Penn College plans K-12 STEM outreach program

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Thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Penn College is launching a STEM outreach program that will engage rural schools. The program is intended to show educators, students, and parents the realities, demands, and opportunities of a technologically sophisticated workforce. The funds were given in the form of a $314,440 PAsmart Advancing … Read more

Central PA schools looking to increase number of women in STEM programs

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Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, but only 27% of them work in science, technology, engineering and math, according to the U.S. Census. So, schools in Central Pennsylvania are looking to increase the number of women working in STEM fields by giving them mentors who often went through the same struggles.   … Read more