By Daniel A. Rabuzzi
Opinions entirely my own
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Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (“STEM”) power the world’s economic growth. STEM depends on the free exchange of ideas, a scrupulous respect for facts, a reverence for testing hypotheses and intense (self)critique. STEM outcomes cannot be legislated, let alone dictated.

Mouse serves young learners in the STEM disciplines. We help them identify as STEM learners, individuals comfortable working in teams to navigate STEM problems and master STEM skills. We help them become scientifically literate citizens, ones who can contribute equitably to the intellectual commons and can make informed decisions about science-based matters that affect them and their communities.

As Vannevar Bush put it, in his epochal report “Science — The Endless Frontier” to President Roosevelt in 1945 (which spurred creation of the National Science Foundation by Congress in 1950):

“Scientific progress on a broad front results from the free play of free intellects, working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their curiosity for exploration of the unknown. Freedom of inquiry must be preserved under any plan for Government support of science…”

Our children (and those of our neighbors around the globe) deserve no less.

Daniel is Executive Director of Mouse.