How
YouTuber Hank Green is
bringing STEM to a new generation
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*— something that the Obama administration has
fought to address — 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 of 1,000 adults found that 1/3 did **t purse a career in
STEM because it "seemed too hard."
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