The present best answer is to respect the objectives of STEM education, an educational approach where academic concepts are coupled with real-world lessons as students apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and global enterprise. The academic idea is to cover fewer topics, but in more depth, while still communicating the interconnected-ness of the domains. In the ideal, one can see the development of STEM literacy as enabling and empowering the ability to compete in the new economy.