Climate change literacy, early childhood focus shaping STEM in 2020

A 100Kin10's 2019 Trends Report identifies increasing STEM teacher diversity, applying greater focus on STEM subjects in early childhood education, and a rise in environmental literacy in response to student activism and interest as trends that will shape STEM education in 2020. While technology is a part of many classrooms, 2020 is also expected to bring a more comprehensive approach to the tools around digital literacy training for teachers and digital citizenship for students. Still, while interest in computer science continues to grow, with the state of Virginia and major cities like New York City even integrating it into their schools, there is a lag in supply of teachers to take on these courses.