Project
Tomorrow commits to advancing the goal of recruiting, preparing, and retaining
100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in 10 years
100Kin10, a multi-sector network
addressing the national imperative to train 100,000 science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) teachers by 2021, today announced that Project
Tomorrow has been accepted as a partner.
With a highly selective and competitive selection process, Project Tomorrow is extremely honored to be one of only 31 organizations chosen nationwide in this year's application process. As part of 100Kin10, Project
Tomorrow will recruit 2,050 excellent STEM teacher candidates, with 25% (512)
from groups traditionally under-represented in STEM, in California by 2018, as
measured by the number of students majoring or minoring in education and a
science or math discipline.
More and better-trained STEM
teachers are essential to prepare America’s students to fully participate in
our democracy and to understand and respond to complex national and global
challenges. To compete in the global marketplace and provide opportunity to all
young Americans, all students—not just
those fortunate enough to attend certain schools— must have basic STEM skills
and knowledge. Project
Tomorrow is one of nearly 200 100Kin10 partners unified by
a single, ambitious goal: to prepare all students with the high-quality STEM
knowledge and skills to equip them for success in college and the workplace.
Organizations are accepted as 100Kin10 partners following a rigorous
vetting process conducted by a team of partner reviewers and the University of
Chicago. Reviewers are looking for organizations that bring innovation,
boldness, and a proven track-record to their commitment(s) toward expanding,
improving, and retaining the best of the nation’s STEM teaching force, or
building the 100Kin10 movement.
A complete list of partners—with new partners highlighted— is available on the 100Kin10 website.
