This presentation would cover 2025 trends developing in state-level education policy and their potential to impact science education and science teachers.

TAKEAWAYS:
Be an informed science educator on the big policy issues that could impact your classroom.

SPEAKERS:
Alex Molinich, James Brown

This session will provide an overview of the major national policy trends relative to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education going into 2025. We will discuss what we can expect from the recent 2024 Election results and their implications for the science classroom.

TAKEAWAYS:
Learning what is brewing at the national level in STEM education and that trends you can expect in federal education policy in 2025.

SPEAKERS:
James Brown

This session will unveil NSTA's new position statement on science teacher pay and will discuss the public policy issues it raises for state, local, and federal government policymakers.

TAKEAWAYS:
NSTA speaks to the issue of how our nation's schools should pay science teachers in a competitive economic environment.

SPEAKERS:
Jim Wyckoff, Dr. Alicia Conerly, James Brown