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05-05-2016, 06:29 PM
How YouTuber Hank Green is bringing STEM to a new generation
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Bill Nye is a millennial **stalgia heartthrob, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is a Twitter king — but they're also where many Americans' everyday exposure to science ends.
Because we're facing a STEM (Science, Tech**logy, Engineering, Mathematics) education deficit, the U.S.*is in the midst of a major push to boost the accessibility of STEM education and job resources.*
A lack of educational resources (http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/tech-skills-gap-stem/)*— something that the Obama administration has fought to address (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-******/2016/05/03/fact-sheet-and-report-president-obama-celebrates-great-teachers-and-our) — is partly to blame for the deficiency. But young people who misunderstand the kind of life and future a STEM career could bring them are also part of the problem. A recent survey (http://www.emerson.com/en-us/News/Pages/I-Love-STEM.aspx) of 1,000 adults found that 1/3 did **t purse a career in STEM because it "seemed too hard." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/hank-green/)
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Bill Nye is a millennial **stalgia heartthrob, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is a Twitter king — but they're also where many Americans' everyday exposure to science ends.
Because we're facing a STEM (Science, Tech**logy, Engineering, Mathematics) education deficit, the U.S.*is in the midst of a major push to boost the accessibility of STEM education and job resources.*
A lack of educational resources (http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/tech-skills-gap-stem/)*— something that the Obama administration has fought to address (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-******/2016/05/03/fact-sheet-and-report-president-obama-celebrates-great-teachers-and-our) — is partly to blame for the deficiency. But young people who misunderstand the kind of life and future a STEM career could bring them are also part of the problem. A recent survey (http://www.emerson.com/en-us/News/Pages/I-Love-STEM.aspx) of 1,000 adults found that 1/3 did **t purse a career in STEM because it "seemed too hard." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/05/hank-green/)
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