The U.S. News and World Report – Thomas A. Kennedy and Jim Clark
“High school seniors are gearing up for college admissions. Hundreds of thousands just took the SAT. Many more will soon sit for the ACT. Applications for early admission are due this month. Yet at graduation in June, many high school seniors will find themselves unprepared for college and the workforce. Young Americans lag behind their foreign peers in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. That’s bad news for our nation’s future, since STEM jobs are among the fastest growing and highest paying in the country. Efforts to improve STEM education have focused largely on changing what and how we teach students at school. But kids spend just seven hours each day – and 180 days each year – in the classroom on average.”(more)