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International Women's Day & Making STEM Fun and Engaging for Students

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Women make up roughly half of the American workforce today. So what percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs are women? If you guessed half, or half of that half, or even half of that half, you are way off. The total is 5%. On International Women's Day, tune in to the Sound of Ideas as we meet women who have made it into the C-suites and discuss the challenges. Later, we'll meet two scientists coming to Cleveland to help teachers make learning fun and engaging.

 

2017 ideastream Science + Mathematics Think-In

-Barbara Brown, Co-Founder, BrownFlynn

-Margie Flynn, Co-Founder, BrownFlynn

-Darla Stuckey, President and CEO, Society for Corporate Governance

-Dr. Jerry Sue Thorton, CEO, Dream/Catcher & Former President, Cuyahoga Community College

-Severine De Wagheneire, Managing Director, Accenture 

-David Eicher, Editor-in-Chief, Astronomy Magazine 

-Amy Mainzer, Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s JPL & Science Curriculum Consultant for Ready Jet Go!

Rachel is the supervising producer for Ideastream Public Media’s morning public affairs show, the “Sound of Ideas.”