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News & Press from Across the Nation
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Bill from Rep. Honda Would Create Office of STEM Education
09/30/2010
Congressman Mike Honda (D-California) introduced a bill that would create an office to oversee federal efforts in STEM education.
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New Answers for Increasing Minorities in Science
09/30/2010
A new report from the National Academies says the fastest way to train more minority scientists in scientific and technical fields is simply to improve the retention and completion rates of undergraduate students already interested in the natural sciences and engineering.
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Small Schools, Big Difference: How One City Tackled Its Dropout Problem
09/29/2010
A recent study by the policy-research group MDRC brings encouraging news for those seeking to produce rapid progress at scale in high school reform.
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Laura Bush Is Unveiling a Bold Principal-Training Effort Today
09/29/2010
Former first lady Laura W. Bush is set to announce a new nationwide initiative today aimed at changing the way America's principals are recruited and prepared—and how they run schools.
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Let's Prepare for Global Competition
09/29/2010
As more than 53 million American students begin the school year, it is imperative that U.S. policymakers address the shifts in global innovation and the changing skills needed in a competitive global economy.
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Standards for Engineering Education in K-12, New Report
09/29/2010
A new report from the National Academy of Engineering looks at the value and feasibility of creating standards for engineering education at the K-12 level.
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Education Chief's Urgent Mission: Recruitment
09/28/2010
U.S. classrooms will face a severe shortage of teachers within the next decade as more baby boomers retire, necessitating an urgent push to recruit young people to the profession, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday.
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Science Teacher Wins 'Genius Grant' From MacArthur
09/28/2010
Amir Abo-Shaeer, who teaches high school science and engineering in California, has been named one of this year's 23 MacArthur Fellows by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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How Higher Education Should Receive STEM Students
09/28/2010
Dr. Lorelle Espinosa asserts that higher education is also struggling to identify and employ effective teaching practices in STEM disciplines.
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STEM Roundup: NGA Plans, Modeling Project for States, NOAA Report
09/28/2010
There are still more developments in promoting STEM education this week (beyond Obama's call for 10,000 new STEM teachers over two years).
