>>6439567 (pb)
I've been pondering what might be going on in Colorado and now this story pops up. I decided to look up what STEM schools were:
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https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/what-is-stem-school/
and found this, "…what makes them STEM,” said Christopher Kolar, founding co-chair of the Committee for the Advancement of STEM Specialty Schools."
Christopher Kolar - https://imsa.academia.edu/ChristopherKolar
Educational psychology?
Adolescent talent development?
Safeguarding students as research subjects?
This sounds kinda spoopy. It sounds good on the surface, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but something feels wrong about it.
Tesla STEM High School [2] (formerly STEM High School) is a public high school in Redmond, Washington. It is a designated Choice School in the Lake Washington School District and offers a STEM-based curriculum. By US News Rankings, Tesla STEM is the number 1 high school in Washington, number 28 in the nation, and number 26 for STEM schools. The school operates as a magnet program. Students are admitted from across the district on a lottery basis with 150 students per grade for a total enrollment of 600 students.[3][4]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_STEM_High_School
I can't remember who initiated the whole STEM education at the moment and couldn't find anything showing its origins, a little help would be nice if thought warranted.