Nickelodeon Champions Early Childhood STEM Education With "Beyond The Backpack" Initiative

The White House has announced the exciting news in a press release that Nickelodeon, through their kindergarten readiness initiative Beyond the Backpack, will distribute 50,000 toolkits in English and Spanish and increase exposure to STEM concepts in underserved areas through the Beyond the Backpack On-the-Go SMS text program and Kindergarten Readiness Block Parties featuring Blaze and the Monster Machines, to help ensure that all young children across the USA can reach their full potential, including students under-represented in STEM!

The announcement was made as part of a special event hosted by The White House, in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services and Invest in US, on Thursday 21st April 2016 to highlight the importance of increasing and promoting high-quality active early science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning for the U.S.'s youngest children and to celebrate a broad range of public- and private-sector leaders committed to promoting STEM education across the country.

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