"In the coming years, we should build on that progress by...offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one."
-President Barack Obama, 2016 State of the Union Address
It's no secret that there's money in STEM. With related jobs in higher demand than ever before, these fields offer a lucrative career path for interested individuals. But when only 51% of US school districts are cognizant of the $7 billion behind STEM, therein lies the secret that merits promulgation.
Billions. That's nine zeros. Before the decimal point.
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