The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council has endorsed six STEM initiatives for education and workforce development:

• Quinsigamond Community College’s Advanced Robotics Program to build a pipeline for K-12 STEM education in Worcester Public Schools and Worcester County Schools to college and ultimately the local STEM workforce
• Mass Insight Education’s Mass Math + Science Initiative (MMSI), a performance partnership demonstrating the number of Massachusetts students entering college prepared for and interested in pursuing STEM careers, particularly among under-served populations, dramatically increases when schools expand access to and encourage participation in Advanced Placement (AP) and other rigorous courses in grades 6-12
• DIGITS, a STEM education program that pairs STEM professionals with sixth-grade classes throughout the state (including all four Newton middle schools) to increase students’ interest in math and science subjects and careers
• WPI’s Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a STEM curriculum for grades 6-12 that is project-based and uses real-world problem-solving as a framework
• MassBioEd Foundation’s BioTeach, a program that features teacher professional development, equipment supply grants, and student experiential learning
• Massasoit Community College’s Science Transfer Initiative helps to build the pipeline of STEM professionals in Massachusetts by focusing on increasing post-secondary enrollment, retention, diversity, and access in the sciences.