Imperial Valley News – John Grimaldi
“The nation’s schools have been quick to adopt STEM focused education, “but the study of science, technology, engineering and math in a vacuum stymies innovation and invention. It is the knowledge of history that puts America’s innovative and inventive spirit into context and encourages even greater achievements,” according to history advocate David Bruce Smith…Smith, who is co-founder of the Grateful American Book Prize, says he is a proponent of the new educational emphasis on technical skills, as long as we don’t forget that students need to understand the world in which we live.”(more)