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The classroom is the greatest
connection space on earth.

Let’s make sure it works.

With 24 classroom truths, videos, and science — in one place.

MULTI-SENSORY K-12
Multi-sensory isn't just for kindergarten — it applies K-12. Learning deepens when students see, touch, and interact with content civically, socially, kinetically in every way possible.
SEATING
When flexible seating acts like a Swiss Army knife in step with the day's purpose, connections and outcomes improve.
LOAD & SPACING
How classrooms and schools manage loads for teachers and students across day-long engagement will be key to educational modernity.
PARTICIPATION
When participation is forgiving, frequent, even messy, more thinking follows.
MENTORING
Learning thrives when mentoring leads and measuring follows. Mentoring builds student success, steps, and confidence.
PEERS
When students teach each other, learning sticks, grades improve, friends form.
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Our community & vision

A high school classroom with nearly every student's hand raised
Why

Why NEW STEM

A classroom is the greatest connection space on earth. Don’t waste it.

A teacher sitting on the floor in a circle with her students, all laughing together
Creator

About Creator

Built by a teacher who knows the room. Tim Clue.

Students working shoulder to shoulder on a project together
Partners

Partners

Grow the movement with schools, districts, and partners who care.

Our inspiration

CHECKLIST CREATOR
THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTOSURGEONAUTHOR

Dr. Atul Gawande

The Checklist Manifesto proved how a single, simple checklist can save lives, sharpen systems, and protect against the limits of human memory. Its power has since reached aviation, engineering, and medicine — millions of lives changed by one page.

Read about The Checklist Manifesto
THE NEW STEM
SPEAKEREDUCATORDYSLEXIC THINKERINNOVATOR

Tim Clue

Tim Clue asked: if a checklist can save lives in surgery, what could it do for a classroom? The NEW STEM framework is the answer — a checklist for student wellness, teacher support, and real engagement.

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A shareable PDF for staff rooms, PLCs, and school boards.
Why this checklist exists

The Classroom Crisis

Teacher burnout
77% consider leaving (RAND, 2021)
Student anxiety
72% report symptoms (CDC, 2021)
Mental health strain
1 in 3 educators affected (NASP, 2022)
Overwhelmed schools
68% cite staffing shortages (AASA, 2022)
Students collaborating in a bright classroom
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Two answers that sound like your last staff meeting.
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In Development

Soft Skill Action Cards

Simple, fun prompts that put kids into the productive awkward — and break them out of their screens. One card, one move, real connection.

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