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Recruiting and Retaining STEM Teachers: A Former White House Adviser’s Take

By Jaclyn Borowski & Alyson Klein — October 18, 2024 2:46
Teacher Nathalie Roy, left, talks to her Glasgow Middle School students about using papyrus and learning about writing with smelly squid ink on the papyrus in Baton Rouge, La., on Aug. 23, 2019. This unlikely elective course open to students at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge connects traditional classical studies with STEM.
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Steve Robinson has run a research lab, taught middle and high school, and served as a White House K-12 policy adviser for former President Barack Obama. That circuitous career path has given him a unique perspective on some of the toughest issues in STEM education, including how to find, train, and keep good teachers in those fields.

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