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OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students By Scott Meacham I received a thoughtful question this week, prompted by my recent series of columns about the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM). One of my favorite statistics about OSSM is that every student who graduates goesRead more

By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman Regardless of the state you live in or where your children go to school, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills are the key to career opportunities today and will be exponentially more important over the next five years. In Oklahoma, as in every other state, weRead more

Science fairs are one proven way we can spark junior high and high school interest in STEM education. Students engage and learn better when they can apply classroom knowledge to real world problems.

Tulsa boasts the country’s first truly community supercomputer, a system that supports entrepreneurs, businesses, educational institutions and public entities with access to the power of supercomputing.

Growing Oklahoma’s bioscience industries will require thousands of new workers with science, technology, engineering and math educational backgrounds.

Education in math and science is even more important because of the changing economy, according to findings released Monday by the Brookings Institute.