STEM Education Grows in Washington

Across the country, educators are increasingly turning their attention to STEM education. STEM is educational programs focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In the past decade, STEM concepts have seen an increased popularity with programs popping up in schools across the country and around the globe. Seventh-day Adventist schools have embraced the STEM movement and have begun implementing unique and creative programs of their own. In 2009, Loma Linda University (LLU) developed a systemwide emphasis on STEM education with the inception of the LLU Excellence in Experiential STEM Education (EXSEED) Conference. With a goal of raising the science and competencies of its medical school applicants, LLU EXSEED brings in Adventist elementary and secondary school teachers each summer to receive training in STEM teaching methods.