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STEM-Focused Schools on Rise Across Nation

The United States is seeing a significant surge in the number of STEM-focused schools, a development I examine in a new EdWeek story. In fact, quite a few just opened this academic year, including a new STEM high school on the campus of N.C. State University that I visited in late August.

As the story explains, while, historically, STEM schools have tended to target the top math and science students in a given state or district, the new wave appears to have a broader reach. Many of the schools cropping up are aimed especially at serving groups underrepresented in the STEM fields, such as African-American, Hispanic, female, and low-income students.

By Erik Robelen

Full Story: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2011/09/stem-focused_schools_on_rise_a.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

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