STEM PUSH Network

February 2024 Newsletter: Equity Toolbox: Book Study as a Model for Supporting Staff Learning and Development

Equity has been central to the work of STEM PUSH. Equity plays a pivotal role in our Hub design, our Networked Improvement Community (NIC), tools, and practices, and ongoing Network growth. We directly engage in focused trainings with members of the NIC, that are led by STEM PUSH Equity Lead, Dr. Lori Delale-O’Connor.

As part of this equity training, STEM PUSH reads and discusses a common text, which offers the opportunity for partners to learn new ideas and concepts as a Network.

This issue of the newsletter examines the three books selected by STEM PUSH for our February book study and the discussion protocols used to advance equity training in our network.

Recent posts

National Association for College Admission Counseling’s The Journal of College Admission Feature on the STEM PUSH Network

NACAC’s Journal of College Admission features STEM PUSH: Pre-college STEM programs teach students
about scientific inquiry, research, and much
more. Yet many of these out-of-school
programs that are equity-focused often aren’t
considered in college admission because
there’s too much variability across programs
for admission offices to evaluate. A national
alliance called the STEM PUSH Network is
working to change that.

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