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STEM education push transforming LI schools

Schools across the nation are pushing for more

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | Schools across the nation are pushing for more involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) development within the school system. At the Brookhaven Technical Center, hands on courses such as carpentry, nursing, dental assistance, and animal care are taught to high school juniors and seniors. (Oct. 24, 2012)

The country's push to bolster science, technology, engineering and math education -- widely known as STEM -- is starting to transform public schools nationwide and is being felt across Long Island.

More students, from elementary grades on, are seeing these topics woven throughout their school day and are participating in hands-on projects that highlight how they play a role in our daily lives,...

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