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Calling All Girls (Part Two): Their Future, Our Responsibility

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.30.2012

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If game developers are going to be able to deliver the products that will "speak" to their core market, it behooves them to add more women to their employee ranks.

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The Best High Schools In America For STEM 2012

| Kelsey Sheehy | Posted 05.30.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. Science and technology can play an integral role in boosting the economy and strengthe...

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Rise In Science, Math Enrollment Just 'Bubbles Of Improvement'

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.24.2012

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MIAMI -- More high school students are enrolling in math and science classes and seeking online learning opportunities. Fewer want or are able to find...

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STEM Education = Scientific Success

Elizabeth Marincola | Posted 05.18.2012

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Yesterday I watched as the world's top young high school scientists, researchers and innovators took home more than $3 million in awards. Each of these competing students are a force for profound good.

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Bringing About Innovation: Where To Start?

Elianne Ramos | Posted 05.21.2012

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How do we inject some excitement into the learning process so that our students fall back in love with it? How do we improve current educational curricula to bring American children of every gender, age group and ethnicity up to par with students in other nations?

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World's Largest Rocket Contest Launches STEM Careers

Marion C. Blakey | Posted 05.11.2012

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Currently there are not enough young people studying STEM subjects, which would put them on the path to enter the industry and ensure that the United States continues to be the world's leader in aerospace.

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National Flight Academy For Teens Is 'Space Camp To The Next Level'

AP | MELISSA NELSON | Posted 05.11.2012

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PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. -- The panicked voice came into Ambition's air traffic control room – one of the aircraft carrier's young pilo...

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Technovation Challenge's Emilie Robert Wong Encourages Girls To "Hammer Up!"

Women 2.0 | Posted 05.10.2012

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Since winning the first Technovation Challenge, Emilie Robert Wong has developed three more apps (two for Michelle Obama's Healthy Kids initiative and...

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Expert: American Scores 'Unacceptable' On National Science Exams

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.10.2012

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About a third of eighth-graders who took a national science exam in 2011 were proficient, according to results released Thursday, a statistic called "...

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STEM STEM Technology STEM: Relax Reformers

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.08.2012

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STEM fairs are still science fairs, my friends, and the latest techno-gadget or app is just something else to sell.

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Pentagon Rolls Out the Red Carpet to Inspire Tomorrow's Innovators with the Air Force STEM 2020 Challenge

Ravi Chaudhary | Posted 05.02.2012

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The 317th Recruiting Squadron recently started a program to inspire innovation and creativity in science, technology, engineering, and math programs. They challenged students in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland schools with a simple question: Why are STEM careers important to our nation?

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New Video Game-Themed High School Program May Be A Hard Sell

Posted 04.30.2012

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Never mind video games getting in the way of homework or learning time. At one Florida school, video games are homework. A new magnet program at M...

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Prince Edward To See Much Changed At School For Low-Income Students Since Great-Great Grandfather

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 04.26.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- When the future King Edward VII visited Girard College in 1860, the boarding school for underprivileged students served about 860 whit...

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Calling All Girls: The Video Gaming Industry Offers Exceptional Opportunities to Young Women

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 04.24.2012

The game industry is -- or should be -- a career target for today's female students in elementary and secondary schools as well as in higher education.

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America needs Latino healthcare providers

Jose Antonio Tijerino | Posted 04.22.2012

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Although Latinos represent nearly 17 percent of the overall population, the Census Bureau reports Hispanics are glaringly underrepresented in healthcare fields making up only two percent of nurses, just over three percent of pharmacists, and under four percent of physicians.

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Rollercoasters and Life's Lessons

Netosh Jones | Posted 04.18.2012

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Dr. Frazier applied her physics expertise in a way that captured our students' imaginations. The students were enthralled by the topic and Dr. Frazier's own enthusiasm for the subject.

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Should We Force Our Kids to Major in Science or Engineering?

Karin Kasdin | Posted 04.16.2012

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A liberal arts education allows us to learn to think for ourselves. Armed with knowledge and experience in a variety of social contexts, we don't become mere receptacles of ideas.

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A Million Student Mission

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 04.05.2012

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As a science teacher, principal and educator of more than 30 years, I know that American greatness is born in our schools. STEM education in our classrooms put a man on the moon and created the Internet, and it is the key to America's future.

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Recruiting and Supporting Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers

Wendy Pollack | Posted 04.03.2012

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Gender bias in STEM fields inhibits many talented women and girls from entering STEM careers, which keeps the U.S. from remaining economically competitive in the world.

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Wouldn't It Be Cool to Get More Kids Excited About STEM?

Will.i.am | Posted 05.23.2012

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Everyone in America has a role to play in changing the way kids view math and science, and how they answer the age-old question "what do you want to be when you grow up?"

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Hispanic Girls are Ready to Lead, But are We Ready to Support Them?

Anna Maria Chavez | Posted 05.22.2012

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Now a new generation of Hispanic girls is poised take up the leadership mantle. The question is whether we -- all of us -- will help get them there.

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In the Battle for Our Future, It's Time for Education Bonds

Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.16.2012

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Why not give everybody a chance to contribute through Education Bonds? The money raised through these bonds could finance a large-scale, transformative effort to cure the public education system.

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Who Are the Next Generation's Leaders in Technology, Science, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)?

Ivo Lukas | Posted 05.13.2012

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Now more than ever, it's important to help kids embrace the coolness factor of "geeky girls."

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TALK NERDY TO ME: These Kids Are Rocket Scientists, Literally

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.29.2012

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This team of undergraduate researchers with a bold mission: to design, build, and launch high powered rockets from scratch, and eventually reach the outer limits of Earth's atmosphere.

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Education Is Key to an "All-of-the-Above" Energy Policy

David Holt | Posted 04.28.2012

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Educators and parents have long recognized the need to focus more on math and science. Now, it is time for policymakers, businesses and communities to stand up and play a more active role in training our next generation of energy professionals.

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