Mission Statement

The Maryland Department of Education is committed to promoting a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education policy agenda by supporting a rigorous STEM education to a broader set of students, thereby increasing opportunities for young people and meeting pressing workforce needs; recruiting, preparing, and retaining teachers of the quality needed to be internationally competitive in STEM education and the world economy; facilitating public information and engagement programs to educate and excite students, teachers, parents, and policymakers about the issues we face in education and the workplace and about the new opportunities the state’s STEM initiatives will bring to the public at large; and engaging businesses and higher education in public/private partnerships to support the redesign of the PreK-20 STEM education system.