The Huffington Post – Eric M. Bledsoe
“Almost anyone with a public voice in education touts the necessity for further investment into science, technology, engineering, and math, often called STEM…Nevertheless, this overwhelmingly positive STEM support–both rhetorical and financial–is futile if colleges continue to neglect college-level math in their core curricula…when looking at the fine print in college catalogs, one finds there a bevy of exemptions and “soft” math classes that fulfill these requirements…The U.S. can continue to outspend every nation in education and pay lip-service to STEM, but reform will not happen until families and policymakers remind colleges and universities of their responsibility to prepare students, through a robust core curriculum, for a prosperous future rooted in real skills and knowledge.”(more)