How can we best prepare our students to be STEM leaders? STEM Lab is for secondary and higher education STEM teachers, administrators, and policy makers. Guest experts from around the United States and the world give us insight into what we should be teaching and how we can best teach it. We discuss the innovative instructional techniques, education research, and societal and economic trends impacting STEM Education. Host Michael A. Newsome and co-hosts Crystal McGee and Nicole Kroeger are colleagues at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM), a premier public secondary school reaching its state’s most advanced and motivated students thorough residential, virtual, and outreach programs. Michael has a PhD in economics and is GSSM’s Vice President of Academics. He was a full professor of economics and MBA director at Marshall University before working at GSSM. Crystal has a PhD in chemistry and is a GSSM biology instructor. Crystal’s specialty is biochemistry and she had experience teaching in public schools before working at GSSM. Nicole has a PhD in mathematics and is the manager of a GSSM virtual program. Nicole always knew she wanted to be a secondary school teacher and has experience as a GSSM math department chair. This podcast is produced by the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. https://www.scgssm.org/govie-media Contact the show's host and co-hosts at stemlab@governors.school