The Importance of STEM Education

THE IMPORTANCE OF STEM EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY STEM ENGINEERING MATH THE CURRENT STEM LANDSCAPE ONLY 44% of 2013 high school graduates in the U.S. were prepared for college-level math A MERE 36% of 2013 high school graduates in the U.S. were prepared for college-level science 32% OF 8th graders in 2011 were at least at the proficient level in science 35% OF 123 8th graders in 2013 were at least at the proficient level in math STEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS who go through at least Algebra Il in high school are 2 times more likely to finish a 4-year degree ALGEBRA ABOUT 36% 87% of people 25 and older of bachelor's degrees with bachelor's degrees in 2009 earned their in engineering in 2009 belonged to men ages degrees in science 25 and up or engineering IN 2008 ONLY 4% 31% of bachelor's degrees of bachelor's degrees in China were in engineering in the U.S. were awarded in engineering STEM IN THE WORKING WORLD OVER 50% ESTIMATES 92% of the 30 fastest predict that by 2018, of STEM jobs by 2018 63% of jobs in the U.S. will require will go to people with postsecondary education growing jobs require postsecondary education postsecondary education THE NUMBER THE NUMBER of women with bachelor's of research papers written by U.S. scientists in major journals degrees in computer science dropped by 11% from 1981-2009 rose by 11.4% from 1991-2010 WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? Lululmlululuulunld. STEM M EDUCATION STEM M EDUCATION STEM M EDUCATION is more important increases chances of can keep the U.S. from falling behind than ever success in college and in the workforce in innovations INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY 19 91 Quarry www.quarrylaneblog.com ane School Sources: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011451 http://nationsreportcard.gov/science_2011/summary, aspx# http://nationsreportcard.gov/subject/reading_math_2013/pdf/infographic.pdf http://www.ant.org/rasearch/polinymakarn/neer 13/readiness1.html http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/toolboxrevisit/index.html http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-18.pdf http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/c2/c2s4.htm http://bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.nr0.htm http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/11/art5full.pdf http://cew.georgetown.edu/jobs2018/ https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/tlfsnavah39oyb42tpyi http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/pdf/nsf13304_full.pdf