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February 5, 2021 20 mins

According to Strada Education Network and Gallup, 51% US audits has second thoughts on their education decisions.  They would change their degree, field of study, or change institution.  This is a waste of resources and our businesses ended up with trouble to fill jobs.

Olympic High School took an different approach that they are making sure students are as career ready as college ready.  We interview Mike Realon about the success with this different approach as well the best project learning experience: the FIRST robotics program.

This episode also feature a past TEDx speaker India Gregory, a Olympic High School graduate on her experience how FIRST robotics helped to maintain the learning interest and eventually lead to a great career.

Want to know more about:
What school could be (https://teddintersmith.com/what-school-could-be/)
FIRST Robotics (http://firstinspires.org/)
NAF career academy (https://naf.org/)
Olympic High School (https://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/olympicHS)

You can watch this episode on YouTube and follow our channel @ Joint STEM Initiative

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