Marc Tucker blogs in "Top Performers" in Education Week that rather than promoting "STEM programs," the world's top-performing nations have education systems which work as a whole; they spend more money and time on all students who need more help to succeed and less on those who don't, have high standards for teacher preparation programs, pay teachers well and support their development, and have high-quality instructional curricula and assessments at all levels in all subjects, among other features. Only in this way, he opines, will STEM fuel future gains in the American economy. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/top_performers/2012/06/stem_why_it_makes_no_sense.html
In another op-ed piece in US News and World Report, noted inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen promotes "a return to a culture that celebrates new discoveries and brainpower, a culture that embraces the challenges and rewards of innovation." Kamen proposes three ideas to inspire today's youth: 1) get comfortable with failure; 2) change the metrics for success; and 3) use innovative business thinking to change the culture, particularly through support of national STEM initiatives designed to foster youth to become technology leaders. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/06/21/without-focus-on-stem-fields-us-is-losing-its-innovative-spirit?page=2
In another op-ed piece in US News and World Report, noted inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen promotes "a return to a culture that celebrates new discoveries and brainpower, a culture that embraces the challenges and rewards of innovation." Kamen proposes three ideas to inspire today's youth: 1) get comfortable with failure; 2) change the metrics for success; and 3) use innovative business thinking to change the culture, particularly through support of national STEM initiatives designed to foster youth to become technology leaders. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/06/21/without-focus-on-stem-fields-us-is-losing-its-innovative-spirit?page=2
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