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Today to close their own personal wage gap. i mean, it's incumbent upon us as women to figure out what are the market rates for the salaries in the industries we're in. we can actually go about choosing industries where we know that the pay disparity is lower. stem fields, science, technology, engineering and math. we know that women in those fields are being paid almost as much as men and especially for the younger women just coming out of college and graduate school entering the job force. >> wait a minute. you're telling me that i have to choose a particular line of work where i know that a...

Unknown? in norriew orleans, louisiana, hundreds-year-old girl's school is working hard to nurture the skills and curiosity that girls need to succeed in s.t.e.m. fields. every year, mcgee sixth graders pile on a bus and go from new orleans to huntsville, alabama, for three days at space camp. this year, my daughter, parker, was among those sixth grade space campers. so of course, nerdland cameras went along, mostly because i think the nerds wanted a trip to space camp. ♪ >> space camp is 31 years old, so when it began, there were so many young men who came, and then we began to see that tre...

Tech! you can do that. >> but at schools everywhere especially those where science, technology, engineering and math, the s.t.e.m. studies are king, a more profound excitement is steadily growing. georgia tech president bud peterson. >> to be competitive globally, they have to have a workforce trained and educated in the s.t.e.m. fields. >> reporter: the white house knows it. the president wants to see 100 thousand dollars s.t.e.m. teachers trained over the next decade. >> the higher education is the single best investment you can make in your future and i'm proud of the students making that i...

Timing could not be better drawing attention to a tremendous and growing push for many more students to get excited about the sciences. tom foreman has this week's "american journey." >> if you want to change the world -- >> maybe no one else in the country whipped up more excitement about math and science this month than georgia tech sophomore nick selby. whose rousing speech is seen more than 2 million times on youtube. >> if you want to build the ironman suit, you're in georgia tech! you can do that. >> but at schools everywhere especially those where science, technology, engineering and ma...

The president wants to see 100 thousand s.t.e.m. teachers trained over the next decade. >> the higher education is the single best investment you can make in your future and i'm proud of the students making that investment. >> reporter: and all of this is not just about making the country more competitive. researchers found students in s.t.e.m. fields generally enjoyed better returns on the education investment with more job options and higher salaries. average engineer graduates can easily start at $65,000 a year. one of the five american jobs s.t.e.m. related, it's enough to make students an...