2012 Highlights

U.S. News STEM Solutions focuses on key takeaways and scale-able outcomes. View the conference highlights from U.S. News STEM Solutions 2012 in Dallas, Texas–including key takeaways, U.S. News Hall of Fame Winners and session presentation materials.

Key Takeaways

The need to maintain and communicate with an informal STEM leadership community across the country.
The realization that we know many of the ways to solve the problem, but we cannot yet create them on a broad enough scale.
The need for a much bigger effort to create general public awareness about why STEM is important for jobs.
The need to build stronger partnerships between corporations, educational institutions, non-profits and state and local governments.
The importance of dealing with the STEM education and jobs challenge on a regional basis.
The importance of sharing best-practice examples from around the country.
The crucial role of teachers and a realization of the significant deficit of qualified teachers.

U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame:

Five experts from various fields were named to the first class of the U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame, as selected by a committee of industry, academic, and nonprofit sector leaders for their roles in advancing STEM. For the full story, visit the official U.S. News & World Report STEM Education blog.

Richard B. Alley

Evan Pugh Professor
of Geosciences

Penn State

Mary L. Good

Special Adviser to the
Chancellor for Economic Development
University of Arkansas-Little Rock

Freeman A. Hrabowski III

President University of Maryland–
Baltimore County

Tom Luce

Chairman National Math +
Science Initiative

Ray Mellado

Chairman & CEO
Great Minds in STEM

Presentation Materials

Keynotes

Keynote Panel: “A Troubling Forecast: What is the Skill Gap Telling Us?

Charles K. Fadel, Visiting Scholar, Harvard GSE, MIT ESG and Wharton/Penn CLO

Highlights of STEM Innovations

Session 104 —  Step Up National Labs!: Partnering with National Laboratories to Strengthen STEM Opportunities

Jeff Estes, Division Director, Science & Engineering Education, Organizational Development, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Anne Seifert, STEM Coordinator, Idaho National Lab

Wayne Stevenson, PhD, Vice President and Director, Science Education Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities 

Ken White, Manager of Educational Programs, Founding Director, Portal to Discovery, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Karen Gardner, Sandia National Labs 

Fliers: Faculty, Workforce, You Do the Math, Delta Habits of Mind, Delta Parents, Delta Internships, Delta Professionals, Delta Storybook, Delta Timeline, Ed Programs Overview, Leadership Academy, Delta Supports, SNLS Programs, STEM Flier

Session 204 — A Look Back: Networks on Tour: Learning Tour Design: PechaKucha style

Susan Bodary, Partner, Education First

Steve Hill, Executive Director, North Carolina’s Eastern Region: STEM East

Carolyn Landel, PhD, Chief Program Officer, Washington Stem

Brian Pitcher, PhD, Chancellor, Washington State University, Spokane

Sandi Everlove, Chief Learning Officer, Washington STEM

Martha Kurtz, Director, Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education, Central Washington University

Session 105 —  Unleashing Innovation in the STEM Network All The Way to the Classroom: STEM Innovation Starts in the Classroom

Lori Rubino-Hare, Professional Development Coordinator, Northern Arizona University Center for Science Teaching and Learning  

Session 201 —  STEMMetrics: Data and Scorecards for Networks

Mark Lewis, Senior Program Officer Washington STEM

 Chris Roe, CEO, California STEM Learning Network  

The Supply Side: Education and America’s STEM Future

Session 302 —  Accelerating STEM Education & Supply Side Ranking

Jodi Grant, Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance

Mary Ann Rankin, Chief Executive Officer, National Math + Science Initiative  

Session 502 — Changing the Face of STEM

Antonio R. Flores, PhD, President & CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities  

Session 602 —  Post-Secondary Pathways to STEM: 2 Year Community Colleges

V. Celeste Carter, PhD, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), The National Science Foundation (NSF)

Edwin Massey, PhD, President, Indian River State College

Peggy Walton, Senior Director, Workforce Readiness, Corporate Voices for Working Families 

Seeking the Best Return On Investment: Creating a Framework for STEM Longevity

Session 203 —  It Takes A Village to Drive the Network: Engaging the Whole Community to Advance STEM Learning Outcomes

Margaret Ashida, Director, Empire State STEM Learning Network, State University of New York (moderator)

Session 303 —   Extending the Welcome Mat: Attracting and Retaining STEM Majors

Mark R. Ginsberg, PhD, Dean, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University

Session 403 —  Strengthening STEM Philanthropy: Investing in the Best

Michele Cahill, Vice President, National Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York  

Michael Simpson, D.Env., STEM Council Chair, Fellow and Senior Principal Leader, CSC  

Session 503 — Implementing the New STEM Standards in U.S. Schools

Diane J. Briars, PhD, Immediate Past President, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics

Auditi Chakravarty, Vice President, AP Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, The College Board

Robert J. Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report

Stephen L. Pruitt, PhD, Vice President for Content, Research and Development, Achieve

Policy and Performance: Aligning Thinkers and Solvers

Session 604 — The K-16 Pipeline: Education to Employability

Mary Ann Rankin, Chief Executive Officer, National Math + Science Initiative  