Discover how we're growing a future-ready Washington

Washington STEM advances excellence, innovation, and equity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for all Washington students.

Discover how we're growing a future-ready Washington

Washington STEM advances excellence, innovation, and equity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for all Washington students.
EQUITY THROUGH ACCESS + OPPORTUNITIES
The research is clear: a strong cradle to career STEM education prepares students for high-demand jobs and contributes to the vitality of their families, communities, and local economies. Founded in principles of equity, partnership, and sustainability, Washington STEM creates solutions and partnerships that bring STEM education to Washington students, especially those historically underrepresented in STEM fields like students of color, girls and young women, students living in poverty, and students living in rural areas.
Focus Areas
We use research and community insights to determine STEM focus areas, those critical junctures where our work and our partners can create the most impact on student lives.
Partnerships
We forge powerful partnerships to unleash our collective potential. Partners help us create and scale solutions for Washington students.
Advocacy
We are the go-to resource for Washington policymakers at the state and federal level, offering pragmatic, nonpartisan policy recommendations to improve STEM access and success.
The Power of our Statewide Networks

Our regional STEM Networks bring educators, business leaders, STEM professionals, and community leaders together to build student success and engage them with STEM career opportunities in their local area.

Learn more about our networks

The Power of our Statewide Networks

Our regional STEM Networks bring educators, business leaders, STEM professionals, and community leaders together to build student success and engage them with STEM career opportunities in their local area.

Learn more about our networks

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Creating well-lit career pathways for high school graduates
Washington students have big dreams
Though 90% of students in Washington state aspire to pursue education beyond high school, roughly 40% complete a credential. Washington STEM is improving access to STEM education—from early learning to postsecondary, particularly for students who have historically been excluded: students of color, girls and young women, students from low-income backgrounds, and students living in rural areas. This video shares one student's story.
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H2P Collaborative: reimagining postsecondary pathways
Although Washington has one of the highest concentrations of jobs requiring STEM literacy, less than half of 9th graders (40%) will go on to enroll in an apprenticeship or a 1-, 2- or 4-year credential program after graduation. Key factors that increase postsecondary enrollment include dual credit programs, completing federal and state financial aid applications, and a comprehensive approach to student advising. Washington STEM’s High School to Postsecondary (“H2P”) Collaborative is a group of regional leaders and 40+ high schools across the state who aim to improve postsecondary pathways for students across the state. They do this by using high school course-taking data, postsecondary enrollment data, student and staff surveys, and student listening sessions to improve supports for students to pursue their post-high school dreams, often in high-demand STEM careers.
Weaving imagination and justice into Strategic Planning
When you’re imagining the world you want to create, you need to get out of old routines. And sometimes, that means you need to pick up the scissors and glue.
Maximum Representation: A call for inclusive data reporting
Washington STEM is joining Native education experts from across the state to support Maximum Representation – an effort to fully represent multiracial/multiethnic students in data sets and solve the interlocking problems of undercounted Native students and underfunded Native education.
Principal Turnover
New research shows that principal turnover increased significantly since the pandemic, affecting under-resourced schools in both urban and rural settings. Washington STEM partnered with University of Washington College of Education researchers to curate and make sense of the data and to connect the findings to stakeholders and policy makers. The STEM Teaching Workforce blog series (see Teacher Turnover blog) highlights the recent research to support improving workforce diversity.
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