Report: Just 9 of 100 kids born in Washington will get a STEM job here

A new report from Washington STEM estimates that just nine out of every 100 children born in this state will end up employed in a science- or technology-related field here. That figure is far too low, it says, to fill the 50,000 STEM jobs expected to go unfilled in Washington by 2017.

The report, “Opportunity for all: Investing in Washington State’s STEM Education Pipeline,” was prepared by a consulting group and released at Washington STEM’s annual STEM Summit, held today on the Microsoft campus in Redmond. Scheduled speakers include Gov. Jay Inslee and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who visited two Kent schools on Monday to encourage students to pursue careers in tech-related fields.