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Originally Posted by tindleroot

My old high school offers PLTW courses, along with Robotics as a separate class. Having taken the IED, Aerospace, and Electronics courses, I can say that PLTW has a great curriculum that helps students get a solid foundation in many facets of engineering. Even though I am not an Engineering student, I feel like I have a lot of helpful knowledge going into college this year. (Also, it seems that some colleges are beginning to accept these courses for college credit!)

I think my favorite part about these courses is that they cover topics that are actually applicable to a field without making it too in-depth or complicated for the average high school student.

As a PLTW teacher currently teaching IED and Aero, and having taught POE, its always so great to hear these kinds of comments from students.
I firmly believe PLTW is the best engineering education program in the US for high schools. While there are certainly issues with the curriculum, any good teacher can make adjustments to make it fun, exciting, and educational for high schoolers. As a teacher its really great to teach since its challenging content and we get to see the students grow so much over even one course much less four or five.