Many schools are stressing STEM nowadays. STEM stand for science technology engineering math. In the near future there are going to be over a million jobs that use STEM.
A study by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation a surveyed and looked at the impact of more than 160 after-school programs providing informal STEM education in 11 states. Nearly 1,600 kids took part in the programs. The study also found that 80% of the students became better in their science career knowledge, 78% said their interest in science had increased and 72 reported an increase in their perseverance and critical thinking skills and 73 percent reported an increase in "STEM identity"
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