The Symposium on Active Learning in STEM Education on September 8, 2016 is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and organized by SRI International’s Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL). It will provide an opportunity for the most recent awardees of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) to explore and converse about the research behind student and teacher engagement as co-learners.