Guest Blog from Tyson Ledgerwood of New Mexico’s Public Education Department. These are Tyson’s thoughts and observations about the NMOST 2022 Fall into Place Conference held during the week of October 17, 2022. The conference began with Renata lifting her coffee mug to the field as the Lt. Governor expressed his continued stalwart commitment to […]
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Betzabed Ramirez, July 2022 Time when kids are not in school is crucial. It’s important that youth spend their time in a positive way when they are not in school. How is that time spent in the South Valley? As an intern for the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network, I was able to interview five
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On August 29, I had the chance to visit the RFK farm/garden out-of-school time program located on Isleta near the Shadyside park. We were greeted by Zia Martinez, the RFK Farm to School Manager/ Youth Conservation Corps Program Coordinator, which works to have healthy outdoor settings, and they talked to us about the summer program
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As a STEM Expansion VISTA for the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network (NMOST) I have spent an entire year trying to understand the barriers that keep young women and people of color from pursuing careers in STEM. I have read countless academic articles, infographics, and I even took a month long training on how to
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When examining the importance of mentorship for young women in STEM, a stark disparity in opportunities available to young women depending on their geographical location in New Mexico emerges. Question #3 in the NMOST Advancing Young Women in STEM Scholarship application asked applicants “tell us about a personal leader/mentor in STEM that you look up
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The final question in the application for the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network’s (NMOST) annual Advancing Young Women in STEM Scholarship asked applicants: “What are your top 2 recommendations for how educators and/or program administrators could make STEM activities and programs more inclusive and welcoming for women?” In other words, NMOST asked these young women
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Women and people of color are consistently underrepresented in computer science and engineering, two of the largest and highest paying sectors in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This lack of diversity hurts the industry by suppressing innovation, and hiring bias creates an untapped pool of talented workers. In addition, there is a
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Written by: Suzzanne Eisenberge Created by: STEM Next When I was younger, I never thought I was going to be “good” at science. I didn’t even consider that I could one day have a career in STEM. Now, as a college freshman studying astrophysics, my confidence in my STEM capabilities is a world of difference
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This March the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a consensus study report, “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine.” The report on five academic studies found what many had already suspected: that the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative effect on women in academic STEMM
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With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, New Mexico has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use federal funding to dramatically affect the lives of New Mexico families by increasing access to and affordability of afterschool and summer enrichment programs in community schools over the next two years. Research shows that afterschool and summer learning
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