The Huffington Post – John M. Eger
“Like most you, perhaps, things just don’t seem to get done in Washington D.C. so I discounted the fact that a Congressional Caucus on STEAM, adding the arts to the call for more Scientists, Technologists, Engineers and Mathematicians was formed in 2013…Thanks to Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) who created the Caucus and persisted in changing the reauthorization of legislation supporting STEM initiative to recognize the enormous role of arts education. The caucus wrote the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology urging inclusion of provisions supportive of STEAM. Specifically, they asked that: “STEAM should be recognized as providing value to STEM research and programs across federal agencies through ‘Sense of Congress’ provisions and language clarifying that current research, data collection and STEM programs may include arts integration strategies and programs.””(more)