School-Business Partnerships Target STEM Subjects
Garret Thompson, 13, walks around an airplane at the Commemorative Air Force Museum as part of his camp experience.
—Laura Segall for Education Week
Efforts part of larger push to make U.S. workforce more globally competitive.
Students in Mesa, Ariz., almost literally fly through their math lessons, thanks to a pair of programs that blend mathematics with flight simulators, aeronautics, and even mock space-shuttle missions.
The programs stem from a long-standing partnership between the 72,000-student district and the Boeing Co., which has a plant in Mesa that builds the U.S. Army’s Apache helicopter.
“We’ve taken the curriculum out of isolation and made it real-life,” said Donald E. McMahon, the special-projects coordinator for the Mesa district, referring to the Boeing partnership. “Kids are encouraged and feel comfortable to go...
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