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READ NOW! Technology Counts 2008

Additional STEM news:

• US Department of Energy's Real World Design Challenge (pdf) 
• Science and Math For The Future (from the Worcester Business Journal) 
• Schooling in the 21st Century (Op-Ed from the Worcester Business Journal)
• GOVERNOR PATRICK SIGNS $2.2 BILLION HIGHER EDUCATION BOND BILL 
• First 'hybrid' courses; now, a 'hybrid' school 
• The National Mathematics Advisory Council's final report is available
• Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel's Report by Dr. Sandra Stotsky (pdf)
• Opportunity to Learn Audit: Elementary School Science from the Rennie Center
• Phillip D. Zamore, Ph.D. (UMass Medical School) named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator
• MassTLC 2008 Above & Beyond Awards Now Accepting Nominations
• SCIENCE LABS FOR 21st Century Students
• STEM Talent Pipeline 2008
• Summer Pathways 2008
  
• Engineering could really take root thanks to STEM
  
• 2008 Pipeline Grantees
• NSB Science and Engineering Indicators
  
• Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
• UMass-Dartmouth professor creates supercomputer out of Sony PlayStation 3 consoles
  
• Commonwealth Covenant Fund: "Section 35EE
• The National Science Board released for public comment a draft action plan to address critical 21st century needs in the nation's STEM education system.
  
• America COMPETES legislation approved by Congress, signed into law by President Bush
  
• Making Science Elementary : Raising the Standard for Teaching Elementary Science Education
  
• The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE)
  
• Guidelines for the Preparation of Mathematics Teachers
  
• Future Career Path Of Gifted Youth Can Be Predicted By Age 13
  By SAT
  
• Universities Fail to Reward Science and Math Professors for Working With Schoolteachers
  
• National Science Board Proposes 'Action Plan' on Science Education
  
• Science and Engineering Workforce Project News Digest (SEWP) Digest - 1st Edition - America Competes: Responses to the "Gathering Storm" and More!
  
• Not By Geeks Alone
  
• Want to Be Good at Science? Math Is Key
  
• CRS Report for Congress - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Issues and Legislative Options
  
• Public wants more tech in classrooms
  
• Study: eBooks could spark interest in reading
  
• Wanted: More IT workers
  
• Challenges for Black Colleges' Brightest in the Lab
  
• Intel joins One Laptop Per Child initiative
  
• Robots tackle core of STEM education
  
• Science, tech advocates eye increased federal resources
  
• Towards a Federal STEM Policy
  
• Robots tackle core of STEM education
  
• "Engineering Field has designs on women"
  
• High school math failing to make the college grade
  
• High School Student Winners Announced at Award Reception for Imagining Tomorrow and Creative Writing Program
  
• Scientists compile massive biology web site
  
• Report of the Academic Competitiveness Council
  
• Education to develop a technology to better help middle school students learn mathematics
  
• Mathematics & Science Teachers Scholarship Program
  
• Governor Patrick Announces Commonwealth's Acceptance in Partnership for 21st Century Skills
  
• Sports, science a winning combination
  
• States: Ed tech is raising student achievement

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