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The momentum for improving U.S. STEM capabilities is building, with opinion leaders and editorial boards opining in support of reform and newsrooms writing about it across the country.
January 23, 2012 — Bothell Reporter — “Secondary Academy for Success Earns Lighthouse School Honors”
Northshore School District’s Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) is one of five schools and one school district statewide named a Lighthouse school by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). SAS will receive a $20,000 grant to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and serve as a mentor to other middle and high schools that are creating STEM environments.
January 22, 2012 — Boston Globe — “Where Creativity Meets Technology”
Jennifer Chayes is the Managing Director of Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, which she cofounded in July 2008. On Wednesday, Chayes will participate in a panel discussion on the importance of STEM - science, technology, engineering, and math - to building a talent pipeline in Massachusetts. The event is part of The Boston Globe’s “Building a Better Commonwealth’’ series of discussions aimed at making Massachusetts a more desirable place to live and work.
January 21, 2012 — Daily News Journal — “Group to Examine How TN Teaches Science, Math”
Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to form a legislative caucus to address science, technology, engineering and mathematics issues in education. The caucus would provide a non-partisan forum for Tennessee legislators, and for outside business, science, technology, and education communities to come together to discuss challenges, problems and solutions.
January 21, 2012 — The Telegraph — “SIUE’s STEM Program Brings Academic Subjects Together”
SIUE’s Center for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Research, Education and Outreach, also known simply as STEM, engages young people through its Minds on Science Activities in the Community program, also known as its MOSAIC program. Through regional partnerships, the program develops, strengthens and promotes education in these subjects, and provides volunteers to visit schools and organizations to lead activities surrounding these types of subjects.
January 19, 2012 — Charlotte Post — “JCSU Courts Hagan”
The North Carolina Democrat and member of the Senate Education Committee was on the Beatties Ford Road campus Tuesday to review JCSU’s efforts to boost the community surrounding it as well as its science, technology and math curriculum. “Obviously, we all know we’re in a terrible budget situation on the national level and I think we need to be cognizant that every dollar is extremely valuable and extremely important, but also think we do need to be investing in infrastructure,” she said.
January 19, 2012 — Aiken Standard — “Teachers May Apply for SRNS Mini-Grants”
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has opened its application process for its 2012 Innovative Teaching mini grant program, which assists area public elementary and middle school teachers in funding lesson plans related to the STEM disciplines - science, technology, engineering and math.
January 19, 2012 — Miami Herald — “Miami-Dade School District to Host Science, Engineering Fair”
Local and state education officials are trying to promote more programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math — commonly called STEM. At the event — with the theme of “Moving full STEaM ahead!” — students can also participate in workshops and learn about STEM-related careers and local resources. Among many categories at the fair: astronomy, botany, physics and zoology.
January 19, 2012 — Area Wide News — “Highland to Become New Tech School”
The Highland School District recently applied to participate in the program that emphasizes STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math -- education, as the Department of Education expands to include 15 school districts and one technical center in the 2012-13 school year.
January 19, 2012 — Daily Press — “New Page School Could Have STEM Emphasis”
Now that a contract with Gloucester County is in hand, Chesapeake-based RRMM Architects is designing a new high school in Montgomery County that has a science lab that is more like a traditional industrial shop than a conventional science laboratory.
January 18, 2012 — Naples News — “Naples High Students Receive Grant for STEM Project”
Naples High School students received a $4,750 grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation through the Collier County Education Foundation for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) project.
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