Long before Ray Ramadorai became a successful aerospace engineer, he was a middle school student developing an ambidextrous robotic hand in the first STEM lab ever created for a U.S. school.

St. Joseph's Episcopal School in Boynton Beach, FL created this video to introduce their STREAM initiative (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) to the school community. Enjoy!

Creative Learning Systems recently partnered with Tukwila School District (WA) to implement SmartLab programs at three district schools. These programs are core elements of the district's STEAM initiatives.

Students and staff at Ferris Independent School District (OK) dedicated the Ferris Junior High SmartLab in honor of teachers Jennifer and Dondi Markgraf.

Despite rhetoric from Washington promising deeps cuts in non-defense discretionary spending, the 2017 Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed last week by both the House and Senate preserves education funding. With the exception of programs set to expire under the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), most other discretionary expense categories received funding at prior levels. Some key program areas, such as Title 1 and funding for charter and magnet schools, saw funding increases.