Comments on: Stephanie Couch on STEM Education in California http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/24/stephanie-couch-on-stem-education/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fred Jones http://toped.svefoundation.org/2009/12/24/stephanie-couch-on-stem-education/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 Fred Jones Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:39:30 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=901#comment-4496 While the acronym STEM is powerful, unfortunately it really boils down to mathematics instruction in California schools, as LEA's scramble to prepare pupils for narrowly focused accountability exams (which focus on math and English, not science, history, social science or career technology). I hope school officials will recognize the real value of STEM programs is their hands-on, real-world revelant instrucational approach, and not simply morph STEM programs into math remediation courses (to "Race to the Test"). While the acronym STEM is powerful, unfortunately it really boils down to mathematics instruction in California schools, as LEA’s scramble to prepare pupils for narrowly focused accountability exams (which focus on math and English, not science, history, social science or career technology). I hope school officials will recognize the real value of STEM programs is their hands-on, real-world revelant instrucational approach, and not simply morph STEM programs into math remediation courses (to “Race to the Test”).

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