US2020 Honors Leaders of the STEM Mentoring Movement From: Citizen Schools - 10/10/2017 By: Whitney Buckley US2020 announced the winners of the third annual US2020 STEM Mentoring Awards. The awards are a national platform to celebrate and encourage exceptional work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) mentoring. Awards were handed out at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, where national leaders in this field are discussing strategies for advancing STEM opportunity in the United States. Most Innovative Hands-On Project - DC Design Most Innovative Hands-On Project celebrates experiential and project based learning and recognizes programs that are implementing unique and promising practices. DC Design leads "Design the Future", a week long, fully immersive summer project for rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders in which students work to design solutions to real problems faced by individuals with physical disabilities. At the end of the week, students walk away from the course with an understanding of how they can tangibly improve the world. Read the entire article at: https://www.citizenschools.org/news/2017/10/10/us2020-honors-leaders-of-the-stem-mentoring-movement Link: DC Design https://www.dcdesignltd.com