STEM Should Be a Natural Extension of Literacy Education

The nation seems enamored with the acronym STEAM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, Arts and math. However, according to the National Math and Science Initiative, the lack of STEM proficiency is a crisis for U.S. educators, with students finishing...

The gift of imagination

Do you remember the time when your imagination had no limits? The days when you were free to dream from a place of pure innocence and the only sense of reality that interrupted your fantasy was dinner time? As a little girl, I spent most days converting my bedroom...