Posts Tagged ‘STEM’
Why are fewer minorities employed in STEM occupations?
by Tim Yetzina, Senior Supervising Editor, Science While STEM employment is increasing, minority representation is decreasing. In an article that highlights many of the issues people of color in the STEM industry face, Paulette Delgado reports: “Since 1990, STEM employment has increased 79%, with computing being the fastest growing area at 338%.” Given the immense…
Read MoreMeet Tim Yetzina
Tim Yetzina is the Senior Supervising Editor for STEM at Westchester Education Services. Read on to learn more about how Tim’s wealth of knowledge and experience are beneficial to our clients as well as their end customers, the students who learn important math and science principles from the material that is created. The majority…
Read MoreBETT Show London Review
by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer In late January, Westchester Education Services attended the BETT London conference. The event, which started as a British Ed Tech show 30+ years ago, now draws exhibitors and visitors from around the world, with a heavy presence of UK, US, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Latin American…
Read MorePhenomena for Next Generation Science Standards
by David Bailis, STEM Content Director The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are different from the science content standards of old because they are not simply based on knowing random science content. Before the NGSS, a student may have been asked to know only the three basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, and…
Read MoreMeet Dave Bailis
We asked Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director for Westchester K-12 to share some insights with us about his career, from his experience as a middle-school math and science teacher to developing content programs for basal publishers, and then working for an educational development publishing house prior to joining Westchester K-12. Read on to understand…
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