Forbes – Karl Gouverneur
“According to the U.S. Department of Education, only 16 percent of U.S. high school students are both proficient in mathematics and interested in a STEM career. To meet the numbers of new workers this country will demand—both in the near and more distant future—we’ll need to find new ways to get more students engaged in STEM topics. We’ll especially need to reach out to girls and young women, as well as other groups that are currently underrepresented…I think it’s best to start reaching out to kids in grade school; that’s when their minds are more open. These are ages when mentors—not just parents but also teachers, counselors, and other adults—can play an important role in shaping children’s perspectives on science and math.”(more)