STEM Schools Look to Grow in New York

NEW YORK — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, and New York looks to lead the pack with a recent education plan on the table.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing to establish 10 new programs modeled on Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an IBM-backed school in Brooklyn that takes students through high school and two years of college with the goal of meeting the demand for workers with the right skills for high-tech jobs.

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Darren A. Petersen

The Montvale Board of Education appointed Dr. Darren A. Petersen as superintendent of the Montvale Public Schools. Currently,the principal and curriculum director of the Harding Township School District in New Jersey, Petersen began his career as a social studies teacher at Hackensack High School in 2000 and eventually became an assistant principal at Haledon School District eight years later.

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