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S.T.E.M for the little ones in Ridgewood

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October 28,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Making STEM fun and easy for kids ages 3-5 years! Build a boat and test to see if it floats or sinks using pennies as weights!

Enrichment classes at the Y are a wonderful way for your child to express themselves, develop new interests and have fun!
S.T.E.A.M.ING INTO S.T.E.M. (1): 3-5 YEARS
SUNDAYS, 1:15 PM
Your child will love exploring with us as we learn about science, technology, engineering, and math. Each week participants will tackle a new topic as the build, create, and explore.

CREATIVE COOKS: 6-10 YEARS
SUNDAYS, 1:15 PM
Learn to chop, mix, and create some healthy meals to share with your family.
Each week participants will create a new menu of food choices.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Ridgewood YMCA 201-444-5600.

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In North Jersey, libraries of tomorrow are ready to turn the page

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In North Jersey, libraries of tomorrow are ready to turn the page

JANUARY 25, 2015, 9:24 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2015, 10:05 PM
BY NICHOLAS PUGLIESE
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

It looks like a scene from Google headquarters. A group of young inventors darts around the room, tackling a new experiment each week: build a flying machine, print a 3D object, design a new instrument, make an explosion with Popsicle sticks. The energetic buzz is punctuated by the occasional exclamation, “That’s so cool!”

But this is no Google headquarters. This is the Hillsdale Public Library, and its dedication to hands-on collaborative learning exemplifies a movement by libraries nationwide to redefine themselves in the digital age.

“Rather than it being a solitary place to come on your own, we’re seeing it now as a place for people to come together and share their expertise,” said Dave Franz, the library director. While libraries were created to give people access to information, he added, now they are being expanded to include access to tools.

Franz was among the first in the state to dedicate a section of the library to do-it-yourself endeavors — what he calls a “makerspace.” In 2011, he cleared out an unused office — about the size of a walk-in closet — and jampacked it with the most modern, sexiest gadgets he could find: an iMac video-editing station, a stop-motion camera, a digital fabric-cutter, a 3D printer, robotics kits, soldering tools, and a dizzying array of craft supplies.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/in-north-jersey-libraries-of-tomorrow-are-ready-to-turn-the-page-1.1257850

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What science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”) Shortage?

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What science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”) Shortage?
The sector isn’t seeing wage growth and has more graduates than jobs.
By Steven Camarota

The idea that we need to allow in more workers with science, technology, engineering, and math (“STEM”) background is an article of faith among American business and political elite.

But in a new report, my Center for Immigration Studies colleague Karen Zeigler and I analyze the latest government data and find what other researchers have found: The country has well more than twice as many workers with STEM degrees as there are STEM jobs. Also consistent with other research, we find only modest levels of wage growth for such workers for more than a decade. Both employment and wage data indicate that such workers are not in short supply.

Reports by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the RAND Corporation, the Urban Institute, and the National Research Council have all found no evidence that STEM workers are in short supply. PBS even published an opinion piece based on the EPI study entitled, “The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage: How Guest Workers Lower U.S. Wages.” This is PBS, mind you, which is as likely to publish something skeptical of immigration as it is to publish something skeptical of taxpayer subsidies for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

https://www.nationalreview.com/article/378334/what-stem-shortage-steven-camarota