STEM Endorsements for New Jersey high school students?

            One of the few educational initiatives that our current president Donald Trump has been said to support besides school choice is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math” programming. In Stephen Sawchuk’s 2017 article States Adopt STEM Seals for High School Diplomas, Sawchuk describes how there are currently six states that offer high school STEM diplomas if students complete high school with a certain grade point average, while taking the required coursework. Currently, the states that offer STEM diplomas are Texas, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New York, and Ohio. The courses that these students are taking have been said to help fill the gap between what skills employers want job-seekers to possess prior to beginning their careers. Although some critics argue that this gap may not exist, I feel that offering a STEM endorsement can allow students to engage in higher-level coursework (with many states requiring students to take advanced math classes like Calculus), and allow them to learn universal computer skills such as Excel mastery that they can use in their careers.

            A link to the article is located at  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/07/27/states-adopt-stem-seals-for-high-school.html. Being that only six states offer this endorsement, my question to all of you is should New Jersey offer a STEM endorsement as an option to graduating high school students? Please feel free to comment on this blog to participate in the discussion!