Dow, a world leader in materials science, and Teach For All expand their collaboration to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teacher recruitment, professional development, and placement. The programming will continue in underserved schools in Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Chiba, Saitama, and Ishikawa, Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Tarragona, Spain; and, this year, Plaquemine, United States.
Through partnerships with organizations like Teach For All, Dow aims to ensure equitable access to STEM education, assist in the training and support of teachers, and enhance students’ readiness.
Dow’s global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions, and commitment to sustainability enable it to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. The platform operates manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,900 people. It delivered sales of around $45 billion in 2023.
Speaking on the collaboration, Bob Plishka, Global Director of Strategic Corporate Partnerships and Dow Company Foundation President, said:
Since joining forces with Teach For All, we have made an incredible impact together. Through our funding, Teach For All reached more than 10,000 students, and this year, we are excited to expand our work to include educators and students in Louisiana.
Since 2022, Dow’s support for Teach For All has enabled the following outcomes:
- 62 STEM educators recruited and trained as part of the programmes
- Up to 30% improvement in student performance in the countries where the programmes were implemented
Wendy Kopp, CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, added:
Since 2022, we have proudly partnered with Dow, collaborating on significant support for young people in our shared communities. We’re delighted that with each renewal of the partnership, we’ve expanded the reach of our work together, this time extending that support to the United States. We’re so grateful to Dow and their colleagues for their continued support in helping ensure all children can fulfil their potential.
Teach For All is a growing network of independent partner organizations and a global organization working to develop collective leadership to improve the quality of education for all children and break down the barriers standing in the way of their ability to learn and thrive. It has grown to include 62 network partners across six continents, with 13,000+ current teachers and 100,000+ alums. Each network partner recruits and develops promising leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, towards a world where all children have the education, support, and opportunity to shape a better future.
