Investing in STEM education is an investment in our future.The vitality of our communities and our state depends on our willingness to power student success in STEM. In the past ten years, STEM jobs have grown three times faster than non-STEM jobs. Nationally,there will be 1.8 million STEM job openings in 2018. STEM is influencing every career out there; in the next decade, most of the 30 fastest-growing jobs will require STEM skills. Read more... http://www.washingtonstem.org/STEM/media/Media/Our%20Approach/Key-Messages-State-and-Economy.pdf

 

STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The acronym STEM was not invented by educators. It was created as short hand to speed processing of work visas for immigrants with skills in these fields. Last year, with all our unemployment, there were 250,000 STEM jobs unfilled because the American school system is not preparing students for these jobs. These are well paying jobs too. Our most successful companies must go overseas to find qualified employees. Read more... http://stemsji.wordpress.com/