Home

About Us

Get Involved

News & Events

Educators

Contact Us

Resources

Professional Development

News

Award & Grant Opportunities

Nationwide

K-12 students are not obtaining proficiency in science and math which is critical to maintain a solid STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) workforce in America.

• 80% of jobs created over the next decade will call for substantial math and science skills

• Less than 30% of students are graduating with proficiency in math and science topics;'

In New Orleans, that number drops to less than 20%

• High School graduates’ proficiency in science is declining

• Over 50% of students receive instruction in science or math from a teacher without a degree in that field

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Report, 2005.

Louisiana

• Between 2008 and 2018, new jobs in Louisiana requiring postsecondary education and training will grow by 65,000 while jobs for high school graduates and dropouts will grow by 61,000.

• Between 2008 and 2018, Louisiana will create 634,000 job vacancies both from new jobs and from job openings due to retirement.

• 316,000 of these job vacancies will be for those with postsecondary credentials, 229,000 for high school graduates and 89,000 for high school dropouts.

• Louisiana ranks 45th in terms of the proportion of its 2018 jobs that will require a Bachelor’s degree, and is 6th in jobs for high school dropouts.

• 51% of all jobs in Louisiana (1.1 million jobs) will require some postsecondary training beyond high school in 2018.

By 2018, 51% of jobs in Louisiana will require postsecondary education. This is 12 percentage points below the national average of 63%. Louisiana ranks 50th in postsecondary education intensity for 2018.