Equity in K-12 STEM Education: Framing Decisions for the Future (2024)

Equity in K-12 STEM Education: FramingDecisions for the Future (2024) DETAILS 370 pages | 6 x 9 | PAPERBACKISBN 978-0-309-69950-1 | DOI 10.17226/26859 CONTRIBUTORS Eileen R. Parsons, Kenne A. Dibner, and Heidi Schweingruber, Editors; Committeeon Equity in PreK-12 STEM Education; Board on Science Education; Division ofBehavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine SUGGESTED CITATION National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024.Equity in K-12STEM Education: Framing Decisions for the Future. Washington, DC: The NationalAcademies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26859. Visit the National Academies Press at nap.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of publications– 10% off the price of print publications– Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests– Special offers and discounts All downloadable National Academies titles are free to be used for personal and/or non-commercialacademic use. Users may also freely post links to our titles on this website; non-commercial academicusers are encouraged to link to the version on this website rather than distribute a downloaded PDFto ensure that all users are accessing the latest authoritative version of the work. All other uses requirewritten permission. (Request Permission) This PDF is protected by copyright and owned by the National Academy of Sciences; unless otherwiseindicated, the National Academy of Sciences retains copyright to all materials in this PDF with all rightsreserved. Equity in K-12 STEMEducation Framing Decisions for the Future NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences andNational Academy of Sciences Thomas Lincoln Casey Fund, National Academy of Sciences W.K.Kellogg, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNH17CB02B/80HQTR21F0122),National Science Foundation (DRL-2113927), Samueli Foundation (unnumbered), William andFlora Hewlett Foundation (2019-9355 and 2021-3252), and William T. Grant Foundation(201386). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in thispublication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that providedsupport for the project. International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-XXXXX-XInternational Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-XXXXX-XDigital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/26859 This publication is available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313; http://www.nap.edu. Copyright 2024 by the National Academy of Sciences. National Academies of Sciences,Engineering, and Medicine and National Academies Press and the graphical logos for each areall trademarks of the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024.Equity inK-12 STEM Education: Framing Decisions for the Future. Washington, DC: The NationalAcademies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26859. TheNational Academy of Scienceswas established in 1863 by an Act of Congress, signed byPresident Lincoln, as a private, nongovernmental institution to advise the nation on issuesrelated to science and technology. Members are elected by their peers for outstandingcontributions to research. Dr. Marcia McNutt is president. TheNational Academy of Engineeringwas established in 1964 under the charter of theNational Academy of Sciences to bring the practices of engineering to advising the nation.Members are elected by their peers for extraordinary contributions to engineering. Dr. John L.Anderson is president. TheNational Academy of Medicine(formerly the Institute of Medicine) was established in1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences to advise the nation on medical andhealth issues. Members are elected by their peers for distinguished contributions to medicineand health. Dr. Victor J. Dzau is president. The three Academies work together as theNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering,and Medicineto provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation and conductother activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The NationalAcademies also encourage education and research, recognize outstanding contributions toknowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science, engineering, and medicine. Learn more about the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine atwww.nationalacademies.org. Consensus Study Reportspublished by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,and Medicine document the evidence-based consensus on the study’s statement of task by anauthoring committee of experts. Reports typically include findings, conclusions, andrecommendations based on information g