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To those who see Silicon Valley as a cauldron of youthful creative talent leaping from start-up to start-up, finding one such start-up about to celebrate its 70th year might be surprising.  One also might be curious how this longevity, centered in such a turbulent business environment, has occurred.  While the real reasons are undoubtedly complex, having…

It is gratifying to look back on 70 years of innovation at SRI and to reflect on the high-impact solutions that our independent, nonprofit research institute has brought to the world. Although the world has changed dramatically since our founding in 1946, there is a thread that weaves through SRI’s history that connects the SRI…

Recently, researchers from SRI Education and Policy Studies Associates (PSA) collaborated with expert practitioners on the development of an exciting resource for the U.S. Department of Education: stemteacherleadership.org, a website that addresses promising practices and challenges for preparing teachers to become Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher leaders. STEM teacher leaders can play a crucial…

Free zones are geographic government-designated zones where business, trade, and tax laws differ from the rest of the country. Known also as free economic zones, special economic zones, or free ports, depending on their structure and purpose, they provide incentives such as abated taxes and fewer regulations to encourage overseas companies to set up local…

This week, SRI kicked off the first in a series of discussions with key research and technology leaders in federal government agencies, Congress and the private sector, exploring the best ways of identifying and nurturing new innovations and technologies that can help solve some of government’s most difficult challenges. Tuesday’s meeting focused on connecting US…

If the new science standards could be summed up in one grand sentence, it would likely be – “It is not what you know, but how you use and apply what you know that makes a real difference for science learning.” The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize that all students should learn science by…

Our world is becoming increasingly mobile. People rely on their mobile devices not only for communication, but for applications from commerce, to home automation and security, to banking, to entertainment, just to name a few. Coupled with today’s expanding environment of web-connected “smart” devices—known as the Internet of Things (IoT)—it’s more critical than ever for…

SRI Education, a division of SRI International, has been at the forefront of much of this research on early STEM. SRI’s work in early STEM can be broadly categorized into three areas that compliment and inform each other: research and development efforts, evaluations, and assessment initiatives.

At SRI, our vision for changing the world in mathematics education has been to “democratize access to advanced mathematics” through high quality implementations of powerful learning technologies.

From its inception, SRI International was structured to encourage collaboration between scientists across disciplines. This approach has generated many groundbreaking discoveries and technologies over the years. Recently, SRI created and launched an internal competition for innovative, forward-thinking projects that leverage this successful, collaborative model while also furthering SRI’s mission to create world-changing solutions making people…

As the news headlines tell us daily, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a growing threat. Viruses such as Zika, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and yellow fever are causing illness and significant concern around the globe. There are many causes for the emergence and spread of these diseases: commercial air travel (which provides fast…