joining us is the chief of education for the walsh administration and josh flaxman, the director of community impact at the united way. gentlemen, this seems to be a major undertaking. let' s get started and talk a little bit about the numbers. 130,000 stem related jobs in massachusetts. 59% of employers have reported finding difficulty employing the right skill sets. >> i think we don' t have clear pathways to the jobs of the future. we need a sequence of content, learning, experience, and skill building that leads directly into career attachment. we need colleges, universities, and employers playing a different partnership role with their k-12 system with their helping design the learning experience, providing support, mentoring, and opportunities, and opening the doors at the point of attachment. karen: speaking of k-12, 27% of fourth graders say science is their favorite subject, but by the great, that drops to 14%. why are they struggling to find interest in the subject? >> we really look at it from an exposure standpoint. we have to be exposing students from a young age to the kind of e