NMOST Blog

How Out-Of-School Time Benefits Young Women in Stem

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...

What Is The Gender Gap In Stem?

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...

Guest Blog From Suzanne Eisenberg

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...

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Women In Academic Stem

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...

Tools For Leveraging Arp Dollars

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...

Leveraging Out-Of-School Stem Programming To Support Education Recovery

The passage of the American Rescue Plan provides historic levels of funding for out-of-school time programming, with $30 billion set aside for afterschool and summer learning. While school...

Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 Through Summer Learning

Recently, I attended a webinar entitled: “Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 through Summer Learning and Enrichment,” hosted by the national Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and...

Safety by Design: How can we make sure OST is truly a safe space for youth in our communities?

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, failed to take safety precautions to protect children from sexual predators in their programs...

Women Who Made History: Mathematics

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this post features four women who paved the way for women in mathematics throughout history: Hypatia of Alexandria (top left), Wang Zhenyi (top right)...