Science, technology, engineering and math education in Tulsa is set for a boost.
The Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance is among 27 picked for a new national program. Tulsa Program Director Xan Black says the STEM Ecosystems Initiative includes newer and older groups, and the goal is to share information.
"Great ideas that are happening, for example, in San Francisco or Denver or New York will be shared all around the community of practice, giving us just a really broad picture of what all could be done ... to really improve the quality of STEM education Tulsa students are receiving," Black said.
Black said a solid system of STEM education will help students no matter what career they end up in.
"All of our top wealth-producing industries in Oklahoma are STEM-based and demand a really great STEM workforce, but, regardless of the job, at the end of the day, all of our jobs are problem solving," Black said.
More than 70 local programs applied for the STEM Ecosystems Initiative. Representatives of the participating communities will meet at the White House in November.