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Why STEAM Education Is So Important Today
Many educators believe STEAM (and its forerunner STEM) is a critical component of 21st education. “Education is under pressure to respond to a changing world,” education writer Jeevan Vasagar asserts in a Financial Times article. As repetitive tasks are eroded by technology and outsourcing, the ability to solve novel problems has become increasingly vital.”
IEA Alumni Spotlight – Caitlin Andrews
We’ve been fortunate to have so many accomplished and interesting people walk through our doors. Every month, IEA highlights one of our program alumni to let the community know what they’ve been up to. This month, we caught up with 2007 CDB alumni, Caitlin Andrews.
Commemorating Juneteenth
June 16, 2021, the Unites States Congress overwhelmingly voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, which commemorates the independence of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, when the union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that all 250,000 slaves were free by decree, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.
Flowers for Counsel
With the world beginning to reopen in this hopeful final chapter of the pandemic, I'm turning to flowers for wise counsel. 
IEA Alumni Spotlight – Sophia Barron
We’ve been fortunate to have so many accomplished and interesting people walk through our doors. Every month, IEA highlights one of our program alumni to let the community know what they’ve been up to. This month, we caught up with 2005 CDB alumni, Sophia Barron (née Bernazzani.)
CDB Class of ’21 – College Plans
In spite of this changing college application landscape, the CDB high school seniors—the class of 2021—persevered and figured out alternative ways to conduct their college research. As a class, they applied to over sixty colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.
On Mother’s Day, Give Yourself The Gift of Self-Care!
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the moms. I hope you have found a special moment just for yourself, and a lovely day with family. This time last year, we were all still trying to understand and adopt to the realities of lives in pandemic. Schools cancelled, working from home, senior shopping hours, and predicting the peak (over and over again). So much have changed since then, yet some important changes remained.
IEA Alumni Spotlight – Brian Petrosky
We’ve been fortunate to have so many accomplished and interesting people walk through our doors. Every month, IEA highlights one of our program alumni to let the community know what they’ve been up to. This month, we caught up with 2005 CDB alumni, Brian Petrosky.
Academy Student Showcase: Spring 2021
Our students created some wonderful final projects that we'd like to spotlight for our community; it's a reminder of the amazing talents that these bright minds bring to the table.
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