Schools Enlisting Defense Industry to Boost STEM
Defense contractors Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. are joining forces here in an innovative partnership to develop high-tech simulations to boost STEM—or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—education in the Baltimore County schools.
And experts see the partnership as something districts around the country may follow as they too seek better ways to improve STEM education.
“If students are to be ready to compete in the global economy, this kind of program is exactly the kind of experience they need,” said Lydia M. Logan, the executive director of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an arm of the U.S Chamber of Commerce in Washington. She said other high-tech companies in the defense industry, such as Boeing, Siemens, Intel, and IBM, are also supporting...
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