2025-2026 Work Focus: Organizations collect program data for a variety of reasons (e.g., reporting to funders, outcomes, refining models). When gathering data, it is essential to protect participants’ privacy and safety. The group designed an overview of New York City policy, including highlights from data collection practices used across the NYC STEM Education Network.

• Outcome: A Guide to Data Collection and Participant Privacy for NYC STEM Education Organizations: Approaches, Policies and Recommendations

2025-2026 Work Focus: Letter from NYC STEM Education Network to new Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, Kamar H. Samuels

• Outcome: ​NYC STEM Network Letter to the Chancellor 2026

 2025-2026 Work Focus: Chose a particular STEM discipline, conduct landscape analysis and create a case study that can be used to strengthen the K-12 to college/career pipeline for that particular discipline.

• Outcome: Recommendation for future group to “create a case study that will not only identify strengths and weaknesses within that discipline’s K-12 through Career pipeline but share information how others within the Network can use this information effectively.” 

2025-2026 Work Focus: To better understand the needs, capacity, and partnership interests of NYC STEM Education Network members in relation to the COMPASS RFP, and to explore how the network can serve as a connector between providers, schools, and community-based organizations

• Outcome: COMPASS Resource Guide