ENSURE CAREER READINESS by BUILDING DEEPER CONNECTIONS TO DIVERSITY

Additional outreach programs to younger grades provide support to those students who are under-represented in STEM, particularly girls and students of color. Globally focused, project-based learning creates a culture of collaboration that draws students together as a team to tackle complex and engaging problems while they learn to recognize and respect different opinions and ideas. (Consider gender, race, ethnicity rural/urban and socioeconomic status.) One positive aspect of virtual learning is how it has become somewhat easier to schedule classroom visits with experts. In 2018, R2i2 started a virtual exchange with ITT Fedi Fermi School in Pistoia, Italy, organized through The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).