. STEM education at all schools can help achieve the goals of the Framework and
the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the new science education standards that many
states in the U.S. have adopted or are in the process of adopting. Schools often approach STEM
education in their own ways due to their own unique populations, challenges, and needs. No
single school strategy has risen to the top. However, synthesizing lessons from many of those
schools may begin to tell a story about how STEM education can be supported in this time of
national education reform.