Abstract
FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE SCIence, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the U.S. has been the focus of dozens of reports over the past two decades. Although each report has yielded recommendations to bolster the U.S. education system, none has succeeded in sparking meaningful change. Hoping not to follow this trend of informative yet low-impact reports is a newly established commission that is charged with developing an action plan to improve STEM education from kindergarten through college (K-16). The Commission on the 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics was appointed by the National Science Board (NSB), which is the governing board to the National Science Foundation and also advises the President and Congress on national science and engineering policies. It held its first meeting at NSF headquarters on Aug. 3 and 4. The commission was established following a series of NSB hearings to solicit advice from various stakeholders on whether such ...
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