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Addressing the STEM Challenge by Expanding Specialty Math and Science High Schools

If America is to succeed in the innovation-powered global economy,
boosting math and science skills will be critical. This is why a wide
array of task forces and organizations has recently raised the clarion
call for more and better scientists and engineers. While the policy
proposals offered are wide ranging, one key policy innovation has
surprisingly been largely ignored: the role of specialty math and science
high schools.

Today, there are well over 100 of these high schools
throughout the nation. And evidence shows that these schools are a
powerful tool for producing high school graduates with a deep
knowledge and strong passion for science and math that translates into
much higher rates of college attendance and graduation in scientific
fields.

By creating an environment focused more
intensely on science and technology, these
schools have been able to successfully
enable students to study science and math,
often at levels far beyond what students in
conventional high schools are at; they can
then go on to degrees in math and science at
relatively high levels. It’s time to build
upon this successful model and significantly
expand the number and scope of our
nation’s math and science specialty high
schools.

Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, Dr. Janet Hugo, Dennis Lundgren,
Dr. Martin J. Shapiro, and Dr. Jerald Thomas

Full Report: http://www.itif.org/files/STEM.pdf

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Rob and Terry Ryan and Hamilton High School – a successful collaboration. "We want to keep our kids here. We want to make our kids better thinkers." What can you do to help? http://www.matr.net/article-22749.html

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