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How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM in Early Education

How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM in Early Education. Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning. PROBLEM.

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How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM in Early Education

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  1. How Pennsylvania is Supporting STEM in Early Education Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning

  2. PROBLEM “Supply is low, demand is high. There is a mismatch between projected future jobs requiring STEM skills and the projected supply of qualified workers to fill them.”

  3. How do we get children from here…

  4. …to here?

  5. Research confirms… • The brain is particularly receptive to learning math and logic between the ages of 1 and 4 • Early math concepts are the most powerful predictors of later learning • “There are no better natural scientists and engineers than young children”

  6. STEM concepts are innate in young children…

  7. Promotion of STEM skills in early childhood

  8. Supporting teachers to nurture STEM skills in children

  9. Supporting public-private partnerships WQED/ AIU SuperTeachers

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