Articles Of Interest

• New Event Aims to Inspire Students to Pursue Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics March 19, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Class of 2010 Survey: How to Recruit, Retain & Inspire March 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Gets Poor Grades in Nurturing STEM Diversity March 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Nebraska Engineering students mentor at middle school with STARBASE 3.17.10 (pdf)
  
  
• National School Standards, at Last March 14, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Economic Development Summit at Lincoln Financial Field to Mobilize Hundreds for STEM Education and Training Collaborative March 10, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Investing In Innovation March, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• 16 States Announced as Finalists in Phase 1 of Race to the Top Competition; Finalists to Present in Mid-March; Winners Announced in Early April March 4, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Building a Stronger Economy: Spurring Reform and Innovation In American Education March 3, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• BHEF, OSU’s Battelle Center Introduce Effort To Help States Bolster STEM Education March 3, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Business & Industry Coalition for STEM Education Media Advisory: Nation’s Employers Commit to Building a Stronger U.S. Workforce March 3, 2010
  
  
• President Obama Calls for New Steps to Prepare America’s Children for Success in College and Careers February 22, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Lawmakers Announce Plan for Bipartisan Overhaul of Education Law February 18, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Bellaire teen invited to State of the Union January 25, 2010
  
  
• Preparing Our Children for the Future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education in the 2011 Budget February 1, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Invest in the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers February 1, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Jump start for future engineers January 31, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• AP Exclusive: Report: States' policies protect ineffective teachers, shortchanging students January 28, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Reply: 2011 budget emphasis on education January 28, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• 2011 budget emphasis on education January 27, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Educators Seek New Ways to Steer Kids Toward Technical Fields January 27, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Girls May Learn Math Anxieties From Female Teachers, Study Finds January 25, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Ensuring Technology's Future January 21, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• America COMPETES Reauthorization January 20, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Reauthorization of America COMPETES Act Tops Committee’s Agenda, Chairman says January 19, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Remarks by the President on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School January 19, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• SAIC Technology Helps Send High Schoolers to Florida for Cyber-Defense Competition January 19, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Background on the President's Events Today in Falls Church, VA January 19, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Science and Engineering Indicators 2010: A Report Card for U.S. Science, Engineering, and Technology January 18, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• President Obama to Announce Plans for "Race to the Top" Expansion January 18, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• SAIC Launches Enterprise-Wide Initiative To Support K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education January 11, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Washington area students enter robotics competition January 10, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• President Obama Expands “Educate to Innovate” Campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education January 6, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• $250 million initiative for science, math teachers planned January 6, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Delegation heads to Singapore to study its strength in math, science January 5, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• President Obama to Honor Teachers and Mentors, Announce Key Partnerships in "Educate to Innovate" Campaign January 4, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• NASA Supports the President's Educate To Innovate Campaign With Summer Of Innovation To Bring Students The Universe January 6, 2010 (pdf)
  
  
• Petition seeks aerospace engineering funding December 18, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Department Of Education Seeks Input On Reauthorization Of Workforce Investment Act December 18, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Perry Promotes Science, Math Education In Waco December 15, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Iowa - Math, science program bolsters teachers, test scores December 13, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• New Tenn. ed partnership to promote science, math December 11, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• US NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S "AMERICA'S BEST HIGH SCHOOLS" REPORT INCLUDES SIXTEEN PROJECT LEAD THE WAY SCHOOLS December 11, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Hoyer Statement on Full-Service Community School Funding December 10, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Business-Higher Education Forum to Expand Use of STEM Education Model December 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Business Group Outlines Plan for Better Training and Education December 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Massachusetts Statewide STEM Indicators Project (MASSIP) 2009 report (pdf)
  
  
• NMSI In the News Fall 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• College Education, Good Grades are Factors in Mobility of Self-employed Workers Toward Innovative States December 8, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• NBC to Show Where Science and the Olympics Meet December 8, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• $40 million aimed to transform teaching December 4, 2009 (pdf)
  
  

• Website To Show High School Girls The Appeal Of Engineering.
  http://www.engineeryourlife.org/

• President Taps CEOs, Former Astronaut To Lead STEM Education Initiative November 25, 2009 (pdf)

• President Obama Launches "Educate to Innovate" Campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (Stem) Education November 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• White House Pushes Science and Math Education November 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Club aims to build girls into engineers November 12, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• After Criticism, the Administration Is Praised for Final Rules on Education Grants November 12, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
•  http://connectamillionminds.com/
  
  
• Program to cultivate ‘The next generation of Wright brothers’ November 11, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Leaders and Laggards, A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation November 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS K-12 WORK AND FEEDBACK GROUPS ANNOUNCED November 10, 2002 (pdf)
  
  
• National Journal/Gates Foundation Event: Improving College Completion
  Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (ET)
  
  
• Governor’s Conference on STEM Education
  November 15-16, 2009
  The 2007 landmark report Rising Above the Gathering Storm brought Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to the forefront of the nation's educational transformation agenda. Representatives from Virginia's higher education system, K-12 education system, Governor's office, informal education network, industries and businesses have come together to develop and implement this conference. The Governor’s Conference on STEM Education will engage state-wide stakeholders in the creation of a blueprint for Virginia's future success in STEM fields.
  
  
• Remarks by the President on Strengthening America's Education System November 4, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Fact Sheet: The Race to the Top November 4, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Ford Foundation gives $100 million to reform urban high schools November 5, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Teach Your Teachers Well November 2, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Retired officers push early childhood benefits to help national security November 1, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• USA Science and Engineering 2010 Festival Dates Announced (pdf)
  
  
• Looking for mentors for this year’s Real World Design Challenge, click here for more information.
  
  
• U.S. Education Secretary Releases Statement on National Center for Education Statistics NAEP Report Released Today October 29, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• New STEM bill introduced: H.R. 3950: Improving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality Act October 28, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The Professional Science Master's, http://www.sciencemasters.com
  “The Professional Science Master's (PSM) is an innovative, new graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science or mathematics, while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers. PSM programs consist of two years of academic training in an emerging or interdisciplinary area, along with a professional component that may include internships and "cross-training" in workplace skills, such as business, communications, and regulatory affairs. All have been developed in concert with employers and are designed to dovetail into present and future professional career opportunities.”
  http://www.sciencemasters.com/portals/0/pdfs/Programs_Merit_Wider_Support.pdf
  
  http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12064
  
  
• After Complaints, Gates Foundation Opens Education Aid Offer to All States October 28, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• High-Achievers Defect From STEM Fields, Study Finds October 28, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts October 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• SENATORS MCCAIN, BENNET AND REPS. COURTNEY AND PETRI INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND ‘TROOPS TO TEACHERS’ PROGRAM October 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  Post 9-11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act - Fact Sheet October 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  Post 9-11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act - House October 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  Post 9-11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act - Senate October 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
  
• Tennessee Valley Chapter Industry Update Luncheon with Dr. Mike Griffin October 26, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Join ICW November 9, 2009 in Washington, DC for its annual Education and Workforce Summit (pdf)
  
  
• Education Department Will Consider Public Opinion In Designing Common Tests, October 20, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates Sways Govt Dollars October 25, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Companies Increasing Donations To Help Foster STEM Teacher Training October 24, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Floating science teachers inspire students October 24, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The Quiet Revolution, October 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Education Department Seeks Advice from Experts on Ways to Improve Assessments October 20, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Education Department Will Consider Public Opinion In Designing Common Tests, October 20, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• We've just completed a new classroom careers poster for NASA, titled "NASA: Your Future and Ours," focusing on 9 Hispanics, both men and women, at NASA. The poster is available in three versions:
  1. In Spanish
  2. In English
  3. Spanish on side, English on the other (profiles only)
  You can see pdfs of the first two here: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/espanol.html
  
  
• National 4-H Week October, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Hearing: Engineering in K-12 Education October 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The New Untouchables October 21, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Massachusetts Governor Announces STEM Group October 15, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• NMSI SPOTLIGHTED AS TEXAS GOVERNOR CALLS FOR EXPANSION OF MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION IN TEXAS October 15, 2009
  
  
• Epcot Attraction Teaches Math As It Lets Children Design Their Own Rides October 14, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Hundreds Begin Designing Their Local STEM Community, October 8, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Study: 4-H sparks science achievement in children October 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• St. Louis to host FIRST Robotics Competition October 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Somewhere Something Incredible is Waiting to be Known October 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Secretary of Education Announces National Competition to Invest in Innovation October 6, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• iNACOL Releases First K-12 National Standards for Quality Online Programs October 6, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• DoD Schools Prepare Science Students for Tomorrow's World October 1, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Project Lead the Way STEM Assessment (pdf)
  
  
• New Study Reveals Importance of Talent and People Management Practices September 30, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Advancing STEM Learning Across the Educational Pipeline: Statewide Efforts in Ohio September 2009 (pdf)
  This issue brief is focused on state efforts to improve education in science, technology, engineering, and math - collectively known as the “STEM” disciplines. The brief is largely based on a March, 2009 AYPF field trip to Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, and describes Ohio’s success in advancing STEM education across the state. This issue brief frames the overall issue of STEM education and describes the elements of Ohio’s STEM strategy, including building a statewide STEM agenda; creating the capacity to advance a STEM agenda; the role of communication and visibility in advancing STEM education; a regional approach to STEM education; approaches and challenges to STEM education at the school level; and the lessons to be learned from Ohio’s work. The brief concludes with state policy recommendations for advancing STEM education. (September 2009)
  
  
• Free, But at What Cost? September 24, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Arizona expands K-12 online learning September 24, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Publishers Try to Learn to Love the Web September 22, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Peering at the future September 29, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Mr. Duncan and That $4.3 Billion September 28, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Noble Prize winner makes science fun for kids September 26, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• USA Science Festival -- Do you want to be a participant in the Woodstock of Science? September 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT September 21, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• NMSI receives $1.4 million in grants to launch UTeach program at UT-Arlington September 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Education collaboration receives grant to improve math, science scores September 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• New Report Calls for Improvements and Expansion of K-12 Engineering Education;Teaching Engineering Design May Boost Learning of Science and Math September 8, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• A Message of Hope and Responsibility for America’s Students, President Obama's Speach to American Students, September 8, 2009
  
  
• NC STEM takes action on education August 25, 2009
  
  
• Secretary Duncan Awards $6.3 Million to Colleges and Universities to Strengthen Minority Participation in Stem-Related Employment August 25, 2009
  
  
• U.S. Students behind in Science, Math analysis says August 25, 2009
  
  
• NCES Report: U.S. Performance Across International Assessments of Student Achievement August 2009
  
  
• NCES Report: Students Who Study Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Postsecondary Education July 2009
  
  
• The Common Core Standards Update August 17, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Gradual Improvement Expected for August Hiring August 17, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Momentum building on STEM education August 14, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Sharpton, Gingrich, Duncan to talk school reform August 13, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Aviation Week Workforce Study 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• "Shop Class as Soulcraft" by Matthew B. Crawford, published by The New Atlantis
  An excerpt from the article:
  "Anyone in the market for a good used machine tool should talk to Noel
  Dempsey, a dealer in Richmond, Virginia. Noel’s bustling warehouse is
  full of metal lathes, milling machines, and table saws, and it turns out that
  most of it is from schools. EBay is awash in such equipment, also from
  schools. It appears shop class is becoming a thing of the past, as educators
  prepare students to become “knowledge workers.”
  
  At the same time, an engineering culture has developed in recent years
  in which the object is to “hide the works,” rendering the artifacts we use
  unintelligible to direct inspection. Lift the hood on some cars now (especially
  German ones), and the engine appears a bit like the shimmering,
  featureless obelisk that so enthralled the cavemen in the opening scene of
  the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Essentially, there is another hood under
  the hood. This creeping concealedness takes various forms. The fasteners
  holding small appliances together now often require esoteric screwdrivers
  not commonly available, apparently to prevent the curious or the angry
  from interrogating the innards. By way of contrast, older readers will
  recall that until recent decades, Sears catalogues included blown-up parts
  diagrams and conceptual schematics for all appliances and many other
  mechanical goods. It was simply taken for granted that such information
  would be demanded by the consumer."
  
  
• United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, States Have Broad Flexibility in Implementing Perkins IV July 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Washington Steps Up on Schools July 30, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• U.S. Cyber Challenge July 30, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Education Secretyar Duncan Annouced the appointment of five top aides this week
  July 30, 2009 (pdf)
  
• HR 3331 STEM RD Grant Program for STEM Secondary Schools July 24, 2009 (pdf)H.R.3331
  Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make grants to recognized science and technology secondary schools to support research and development projects at such schools in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the national security functions of the Department of Defense.
  Sponsor: Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] (introduced 7/24/2009)      Cosponsors (1)
  Latest Major Action: 7/24/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  
  
• Remarks from the President on Education July 24, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• CRS Report RL34539 The U.S. Science and Technology Workforce, June 30, 2009
  The challenge facing policymakers when making decisions regarding the S&T workforce is that science, engineering, and economic conditions are constantly changing, both in terms of workforce needs as well as the skills the STEM workforce needs to be marketable relative to demand.
  
  
• Rising High School Students Selected to Participate in Motorsports Institute June 4, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Presidential Address April 27, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Obama, Duncan Need to Succeed on School Reform April 23, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The America Competes Act and the FY2010 Budget April 13, 2009 (pdf)
  As Congress deliberates the FY2010 budget, an issue for Congress is what level, if any, will it provide America COMPETES Act programs an appropriation, and whether or not the President's budget request will propose to do so. Several programs newly authorized in the act have never been appropriated funds. An issue for these programs is whether or not they will receive the funding necessary to establish them. The America COMPETES Act provides authorization levels only through FY2010.
  
  
• Hold the Line on School Reform April 9, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Report Envisions Shortage of Teachers as Retirements Escalate April 7, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• No Time for Budgetary Games March 26, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• Rising Above the Gathering Storm March 4, 2009 (pdf)
  
  
• The America COMPETES Act and the FY 2009 Budget February 17, 2009 (pdf)
  This report compares President Obama's FY2009 budget request to the FY2009 authorized levels provided by the America COMPETES Act. It discuss Congressional budget and appropriation activities.
  
  
• H.RES.117 National Engineers Week February 15-21, 2009 February 12, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Raytheon to Launch 'The Sum of All Thrills' at Epcot in 2009 February 9, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Economic Recovery and Stimulus January 21, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Statement from President-elect Barak Obama on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan January 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Stimulus is Early Window on Obama's Education Policy January 16, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Executive Order: Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigatin Individuals in Positions of Public Trust January 16, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Package Looks to Science to Grow Economy and Jobs January 15, 2009 (PDF)
  
  
• Business round table letter to Obama, January 8, 2009
  
  
• H.R.207 To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by other Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements of the Program January 6 ,2009 (PDF)
  
  
• "Education Opportunity of 2009," S.7 January 6, 2009(PDF)
  
  
• "Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2009" S.178 January 2009(PDF)
  
  
• Obama Pledges Education Overhaul Unburdened by Ideology December 16, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• Obama’s Choice of Duncan Wins Praise From Educators, Lawmakers December 16, 2008
  
  
• Uncertainty on Obama Education Plans, NY Times, December 13, 2008
  
  
• Committees Expected to Be Quick Off the Mark on Labor, Education Agenda December 9, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• 21st Century Learning White Paper (12-3-08)  November 11, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• America's Learning System Press Release (11-5-08) November 4, 2008 (PDF)
  
  
• The America Competes Act and the FY2009 Budget (PDF)
  
  
• NACFAM ET Powerpoint (10-11-08) (PDF)
  
  
• A John Glenn Tribute (pdf)
  
  
• Nasa Bill Passes in House - June 18 (pdf)
  
  
• DHS Official Warns US (pdf) June 16, 2008
  
  
• Food for Thought About the Big Economic and Political Picture (pdf) June 10, 2008
  
  
• Put a Little Science in Your Life - June 1 (pdf) June 1, 2008
  
  
• Energetics Technology Center (pdf) May 2008
  
  
• Imbalances of Power - May 21 (pdf) May 21, 2008
  
  
• Middle-class Problems to Free Trade (pdf) May 20, 2008
  
  
• Here Come the Millennials (pdf) May 13, 2008
  
  
• Education and Economic Mobility (pdf)
  
  
• NDEP STARLink (Mar-May08) (pdf)
  
  
• 2008 TARC Survey Comments (pdf)

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