Fox News – Vince Bertram
“American students’ alarmingly bad performance on domestic and international assessments highlights the need to better educate them in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Although schools and districts across the country are making tremendous strides in providing opportunities for quality STEM education, outdated teacher qualification standards in many states make it difficult to find teachers who are trained and experienced in these subjects…Why does this matter? Because our failure to help students master STEM skills deprives millions of them the opportunity to secure productive, meaningful and well-paying careers…Thanks to leadership from South Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia and West Virginia on examining teacher qualification requirements, the trend is heading in the right direction.”(more)