Inverse – Sam Blum
“A oft-used acronym in the world of education and politics, STEM stand for science, technology, education, and math — but today in Washington, a former NASA astronaut proposed adding arts & humanities to those core subject areas. This proposal for so-called “STEAM” — the “A” is for “arts” — education was made by Alvin Drew, who traveled to space twice, once aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and once to the International Space Station…“I see STEM evolving into STEAM, the A being for arts and humanities,” Drew said. He noted that the public often shies away from meaningful engagement with hard science, because it’s easy to get lost while navigating equations and ethereal concepts…The former astronaut and Air Force pilot implored students in the crowd to “go out there and put ideas on paper” in ways that are compelling.”(more)