All students—not just the top 5 or 10 percent—must gain deep knowledge and strong skills in science and math by the time they graduate from high school. This is imperative not just for ensuring that all students have the tools to succeed in postsecondary education and the workforce, but also to ensure that the state of Washington has a strong technical workforce, and a competitive economy.

 

At Partnership for Learning, we believe that the state must drive schools and districts to achieve high levels of science technology, engineering and math (STEM) course completion and dramatically accelerate the achievement of low‐income and minority students in STEM content areas. To ensure all students graduate with strong math and science skills, the state must also increase the capacity of schools and districts to improve STEM instruction; adopt stronger statewide STEM standards, assessments, and graduation requirements; and hold all schools and districts to high STEM accountability standards.

 

• Visit our Washington STEM Initiative page