You hear a lot about shortages of workers to fill science, technology, engineering, and mathematics jobs...but is there actually a shortage?  Kate and Dave explore the research into why there might or might not be a STEM shortage, and why we need STEM in our schools regardless.

Research:  

Carnevale, A.P. & Cheah, B. (2015). “From hard times to better times: College majors, unemployment, and earnings.”

Charette, R.N. (2013). “The STEM crisis is a myth.” IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved from http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth.

 Oh, J. (2014).  “Best for last series: STEM education, what’s the big deal?” The Think Tank. Retrieved from:

http://thinktank.uchicago.edu/blog/2014/2/26/best-for-last-series-stem-education-whats-the-big-deal

“Science and engineering indicators 2014” (February 2014). National Science Foundation | National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/index.cfm/chapter-3/c3h.htm

Teitelbaum, M.S. (2014). “The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage.”  The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/the-myth-of-the-science-and-engineering-shortage/284359/

Woodruff, K. (2013). “A history of STEM – Reigniting the challenge with NGSS and CCSS.” Endeavor: NASA’s Science Teaching Certificate Project. Retrieved from

http://www.us-satellite.net/STEMblog/?p=31

https://www.curiositymachine.org/