E-School News – Erika Ebbel Angle 
Overworked teachers and overburdened curriculum makes improving STEM programs a challenge, but there are solutions. Knowledge has become a commodity. We live in a society today were facts are at our fingertips through ready access to the internet and search engines. To keep pace, our educational system needs to focus less on memorization of facts and more on how to use facts and how to ask the right questions. Regardless of one’s career, success in that field will be governed by the mastery of critical thinking. It’s a challenge for educational systems around the world, but especially in the U.S., somewhat ironically, the birthplace of so much innovation. During the next few decades, those that can master this new challenge will have a competitive advantage, and will be better at preparing students for career opportunities.(more)