E-School News – Laura Devaney
“STEM education, while always a national focus, is receiving more attention in recent days, as surveys and legislation reveal awareness of its importance to the nation’s success. Three out of four Americans in a recent survey said they think “science is cool in a way that it wasn’t 10 years ago.” Seventy-three percent of participants in the Finger on the Pulse opinion survey, from Horizon Media’s WHY Group, agreed with the statement that “in the future, all the best jobs will require knowledge of computer coding languages.” Eighty-six percent of those surveyed said they believe knowing how to use a computer is equally important as knowing how to read and write.”(more)