Here you can find our publications and some past press releases.
Explore ways the Kansas City region is moving to close the gender gap in STEM education. This report—based on conversations with community and corporate partners, mentors, parents, teachers, students and women with STEM careers—includes practical next and best practices organized by age group.
This analysis of key influences, successes and failures in closing the racial gap at each stage of STEM education offers a framework for action to help Kansas City move beyond the gap. The framework for action is intended as a tool for all involved in educating our youth, in school or outside of school.
Kansas City, MO (April 24, 2024)—On April 23, 350 students from 40 schools gathered at the Kansas City’s Union Station to display their Project Lead The Way senior capstone projects in engineering and biomedical sciences. Attendees saw a variety of projects addressing problems More than......
25 April, 2024
What: More than 350 students in fourth through eighth grades will come together Saturday, Jan. 20, to compete in the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Regional Championship in the Crown Center Shops Atrium. The opening ceremony and team celebration begins at 12:15 p.m. in the Westin’s......
09 January, 2024
January 9, 2024—Dr. Chelsea Barbercheck has been named Executive Director of the KC STEM Alliance, a collaborative network of educators, businesses and related organizations that champions STEM education initiatives across the region. When she begins her new role on Jan. 29, Barbercheck will bring a......
09 January, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas City, MO.—FIRST, a robotics community that prepares young people for the future, has awarded the KC STEM Alliance one of five STEM Equity Community Innovation grants to address inequities in access to science and technology for children in countries around the......
18 August, 2023
Kansas City, MO—WeCode KC’s new home at 4825 Troost in Kansas City places the rapidly growing nonprofit right where co-founder Tammy Buckner wants it to be—in a highly visible and accessible location where her team can continue teaching young people tech skills that can change......
26 June, 2023Kansas City, MO (May 2, 2023)—On April 25, 414 students from 32 schools gathered at the Overland Park Convention Center to display their Project Lead The Way senior capstone projects in engineering and biomedical sciences. Attendees saw a variety of projects, from door lock reminders......
27 April, 2023Kansas City, MO (May 3, 2022)—Nearly 400 students from 36 schools came together to showcase their senior capstone projects in engineering and biomedical sciences at Union Station on April 26. Visitors, who had the opportunity to attend in person for the first time since 2019,......
03 May, 2022 Project Lead The Way students develop innovative solutions with award-winning STEM projects $25,000 in scholarships awarded in biomedical, sustainability, and other innovation contests May 6, 2021—Project Lead The Way students from across the metro developed innovative projects to address issues such as sanitation......
06 May, 2021
As the world turns attention to the #February11 International Day of Girls and Women in Science, KC STEM Alliance releases findings from its research into how to address the gender gap in STEM at a local level. Kansas City, MO (February 11, 2021)—The KC......
11 February, 2021Congratulations to these three recent high school graduates who each received a $500 inaugural Make It REAL scholarship from the KC STEM Alliance. Several years ago, KC STEM Alliance and STARTLAND teamed up to introduce high school seniors working on innovative capstone projects in engineering......
06 July, 2020