Giving Compass' Take:

• Lauren Barack shares that educators are looking for and using creative ways to make STEM education assessable and fun. 

• How can funders work to connect STEM educators with each other and with STEM resources?

• Learn about supporting STEM education. 

A study by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) of 1,100 high school students found 60% want teachers to be more creative when teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses, according to eSchoolNews.

How can educators do that? Around 32% of the survey respondents suggested using humor, either through videos or projects. Meanwhile, 49% of the 11th- and 12th-graders surveyed said teachers should make STEM relatable to their lives, and 35% said classrooms should be equipped with more technology.

The students also said the federal government should boost STEM by adding more competitions and projects; supplying more resources and technology to schools; increasing the number of STEM awards and scholarships; and funding more after-school STEM clubs.

Read the full article about creative STEM education approaches by Lauren Barack at Education Dive.