Rise of STEM Careers: Are They Ready? Preparing Students for the Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCk44VW46nk

Why do we need STEM education? It’s not just about robots and coding—it’s about preparing students for a future we can’t fully predict yet.

Research from the World Economic Forum suggests that 65% of today’s kindergarten students will work in jobs that don’t exist yet. In this video, I dive into the "Skills Revolution" and explore why embedding STEM into our curriculum is the answer to the "Opportunity Myth" in education. We discuss how Project-Based Learning develops "The Innovator's DNA"—skills like questioning, observing, and networking—that are essential for adaptability in a changing global economy. I hope this video helps explain the urgent case for STEM and gives you some language to use when advocating for these programs in your own school.

Resources:

• https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/stem-employment.htm

• https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/stem-employment.htm

• https://www.bls.gov/mwe/factsheets/mwe-ooh-most-new-jobs-factsheet.htm#:~:text=Employment%20of%20software%20developers%20is,new%20jobs%20for%20software%20developers.

• https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2020/in-full/executive-summary/

• https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs.pdf