Jeff Weld

Back to W.H. with S.E.C. director J.Brown & ideas for research-based, community-connected, career-culminated STEM vision for OSTP. Key take-away: 2 docs steer this moment: America's Talent Strategy*, & America's AI Action Plan** *tinyurl.com/DOLpaper **tinyurl.com/AI-strat

Friends, 2 Feb. Fed. STEM bytes… •  Congress (mostly) restored funding to 10+critical STEM programs last month (see graphic) •  Feds posted a firehose of AI-in-Ed resources... but STEM-ers we’ve got some curating to do! -->orise.orau.gov/ai/index.html #STEMeducation #STEMpolicy

We're as good as the company we keep. In that case - oh glory! -> can't wait to keep company with #AlabamaSTEM/Workforce leaders January 12. Come enjoy company some of the most innovative re-imaginers of #STEMEducation and #futureworkforce in the #USA! @asfalabama #STEMleadership

3rd in my series of Grand Challenges for STEM Education…Standards. “STEM education has a love-hate relationship with learning standards.” They’re essential, but often misused. Here's the fix! #page/16" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stemmagazine.com/gDEC25/viewer/… #STEMEd #LearningStandards #STEMTeachersRock #STEMpolicy

I'm deep-diving into the #GrandChallenges ahead for #STEMed. The first, maybe the thorniest --> public perception. "STEM executives and practitioners...would do America a seismic favor by picking and sticking to a main goal." Full article here: ¯\_(ツ)_/ #page/20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stemmagazine.com/gNOV25/viewer/…

Serving #STEMed is my calling but... Nov. 4 I'm taking a TO to serve #Democracy with my fellow Precinct Election Officials, Black Hawk County. #Vote!

Love paying forward the accumulated wisdom of countless mentors and colleagues over the years. Meeting with policymakers? --> Bring solutions & fresh ideas! Good conference STEM Learning Ecosystems ;) #STEMpolicy #Futureworkforce

Catalytic conversation with @Apple Strategic Initiatives Group on #STEM & #AI trends at Fed., State, Nonprofit, Industry levels. STEM-ulating! Could your group use such a mind-meld? #STEMpartnerships #STEMpolicy #AIisSTEM

#ROIforeducation has never been more vital. And @ALIcoalition is vanguard #EdR&D trailblazer. Humbled to associate! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

8 Grand Challenges 4 #STEMeducation (the74million.org/article/stems-…) each need a full story - coming soon! 1st up, Standards: "STEM education has a love-hate relationship with learning standards in math and science." Then... AI? Assessment? Equity? Scaling? Tchr Prep? Funding? Hmmm

Mathematics is to @STEMed what veggies are to many-a-youngster --> hard to swallow but key to thrive. Math just got yummier thanks to STEM NEXT with "Factoring in Afterschool: A Critical Variable in America’s Math Strategy" ->stemnext.org/math-brief/ #AfterschoolLearning #STEMed

Boomeranged back to OSTP this week. Great to reconnect. AND, to Capitol Hill with buddies Sara of @ALI Ted @STEMconnector Otto and Oscar @LewisBurkeLLC and @AndrewEpifiano of Ed. Reform Now to gift Congress with @ALI's fresh take on Fed Ed. R&D Policy--> shorturl.at/vPqpi

Upshot today for our panel on STEM Futures at #JFFHorizons conference... America's and Americans' future depend on innovative and inclusive opportunities, some operated by these folks! Great panel-mates: Aaron @Jobsforthefuture, Janell @FIRST, and Stephanie @SOA_2050 #STEMfuture

STEM's greatest challenges *IMHO*. This 'ornery octet' present an opportunity for 2025 to be a Rubicon year - a #STEMrally! Thoughts? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the74million.org/article/stems-… @The74 @ALI @STEMNext @STEMconnector @STEMecosystems @StemEdCoalition @STEMx #STEMgrandChallenges #STEMed

The first of 8 *Grand Challenges* for STEM Ed. is... TEACHER TRAINING HASN'T KEPT UP WITH STEM TEACHER PRACTICE. But good news!--> this panel of rockstars peels the onion at the JFF Horizons conference June 11. See you there? Seven more Challenges & Solutions coming soon.

U.S. STEM ed. faces 8 grand challenges that rock our foundation to its core. Each is surmountable, indeed leverageable, by mobilized STEM communities and organizations piloted by proactive leadership. It'll need to be a watershed moment. What & how coming soon! #STEMEducation

#STEMnetworks are geared to run #47's AI-in-Education EO - whitehouse.gov/presidential-a… - #STEM knows #Dual credit, #Public-private partnerships, Formal & informal ed., #Apprenticeships, from Sea to shining sea & toddler to tassel. Dear @MichaelKratsios: #STEM can drive #AI-in-Ed.

Iowa's version of STEM schools, "STEM BEST" (now 139 of them!) is chapter 4 of my book *Creating a STEM Culture* - amazon.com/Creating-STEM-… Featured at last month's #NSTA conference -->youtube.com/watch?v=nFc8f7… Way to go @TanyaHunt @IowaSTEM #STEMeducation

Discussed Federal #STEM policy w/ K-12 Policy Wkg. Group of the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching & Learning (#CASTL) of the @NationalAcademies. Federal STEM Ed. policy, presently opaque, is the oxygen needed to fuel #47's innovation goals --> whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…

STEM's vexing challenges: Are our teachers #STEM-ready? Is AI usurping broader STEM imperative? How to widen participation w/o triggering censors? How pockets of excellence become landscapes of brilliance?... all slayed by @StemEdCoalition & @STEMx members on The Hill yesterday!