7/29/2013 - PGA.com
Last week, Phil and Amy Mickelson celebrated his British Open victory, rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and promoted their Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. The program is a collaboration between the Mickelsons, ExxonMobil, the National Science Teachers Association and Math Solutions.
7/29/2013 - NPR’s StateImpact Florida
Lauren Case is one of six teachers who attended the July launch of the MUOS-2 satellite at Cape Canaveral as fellows with the National Science Teachers Association and Lockheed Martin.
7/28/2013 - RadioTimes
The second man on the Moon says the lunar surface was desolate and that the first man to land was being "optimistic."
7/23/2013 - Aerospace & Defense News
The second Mobile User Objective System satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy is responding to commands after being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. At the launch, Lockheed Martin hosted teachers from the National Science Teachers Association's New Science Teacher Academy. The Lockheed Martin-NSTA fellows experienced how science can solve real-world challenges, helping teachers inspire and encourage student interest in science and math once they return to the classroom.
7/23/2013 - ScienceInsider
Several congressional panels responded to the Obama administration's plan to radically realign the federal government's $3 billion annual investment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. The latest—and sharpest—criticism came yesterday from the Senate Appropriations Committee as it approved a 2014 spending bill covering NASA, the Commerce Department, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
7/22/2013 - The Frederick News-Post
Last month, Maryland became the fourth state to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards, according to the state Board of Education.
7/19/2013 - The Connection
A team of three, seventh-grade girls from Rocky Run Middle School recently won the national championship in the U.S. Army’s 11th annual eCybermission competition.
7/19/2013 - The News-Times
A GE Foundation grant will allow seven Stamford Public Schools staff members to go that extra 34 million miles or so for their students. GE announced Tuesday that it funded a trip to NASA's Kennedy Space Center this week for teachers and support staff to study and use equipment the space agency will employ on its next mission to Mars, a planet that's 34 million miles to 250 million miles from Stamford. NASA plans to launch MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, in November. MAVEN's mission is to study the Martian atmosphere.
7/19/2013 - ScienceInsider
In a bipartisan vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed a 7.9% increase for the agency that would boost its 2014 budget to $7.426 billion. In doing so, it also questioned the value of various initiatives launched by its former director as well as the wisdom of assigning new responsibilities to NSF's education directorate under a proposed shakeup of all federal science education programs. Congress is a long way from completing action on the budget for fiscal year 2014, which begins on 1 October. But the Senate spending bill, if adopted, would boost NSF's current budget of $6.884 billion by $542 million.
7/18/2013 - Education Week
Conservative lawmakers won a big concession today on the teacher-evaluation portion of a bill to renew the No Child Left Behind Act. Under the change, which was ultimately endorsed by the bill's sponsor, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House education committee, states and school districts would not be required to craft teacher-evaluation systems based on student outcomes.
7/16/2013 - NSTA Reports—Debra Shapiro
NSTA members are creating opportunities for diverse, unique hands-on science experiences for their students. From collecting plankton in the Pacific Northwest to attending a genomic medicine conference to observing the effects of biological and chemical weathering on historic structures, these teachers use science field trips to wide-ranging locations to get their students doing science in the real world. Read this article and more from NSTA Reports online.
7/16/2013 - The New York Times
A gift for spatial reasoning — the kind that may inspire an imaginative child to dismantle a clock or the family refrigerator — may be a greater predictor of future creativity or innovation than math or verbal skills, particularly in math, science and related fields, according to a study published Monday in the journal Psychological Science.
7/16/2013 - The Washington Post
The future of digital learning in classrooms will require more than just getting tablets in the hands of students to be successful. Education leaders and policymakers must focus on investing on infrastructure and professional training for teachers and administrators to grow technology in education.
7/15/2013 - eSchool News
Over the last several decades, the U.S. has declined as an economic and educational global leader in STEM. To regain economic success and global competitiveness in these fields, government at all levels should launch campaigns that raise STEM awareness and increase student engagement. Actively leveraging social media channels is one potential path to drive K-12 excitement in STEM education and jobs through challenges.
7/15/2013 - Jacob Clark Blickenstaff—NSTA Reports
Biology teachers could use the re-release of Jurassic Park to introduce DNA, genetic engineering, and evolution, and all science teachers could initiate a discussion of scientific ethics and practices with some carefully selected scenes.
7/15/2013 - Yahoo! News
Chalk up one more moon for Neptune. NASA announced the discovery of Neptune's 14th moon Monday. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the moon as a white dot in photos of Neptune on the outskirts of our solar system.
7/14/2013 - USA Today
Agriculture is hoping to lure prospective workers by touting a more modern image where employees are immersed in everything from robotics and GPS systems to plant and animal genetics. Companies have focused more attention on promoting the job opportunities for scientists, accountants, attorneys, and others.
7/13/2013 - Education News
A paper recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research has some interesting insight into why efforts to increase the number of students pursuing science, technology engineering and mathematics majors in college have so far fallen short of expectations.
7/12/2013 - Inside Higher Ed
International students play a critical role in sustaining quality STEM graduate programs at U.S. universities, a recent report from the National Foundation for American Policy argues.
7/11/2013 - Ed Tech Magazine
The IT skills gap is real—and it's getting wider by the year. Let's work together to bridge it for the next generation.
7/10/2013 - Delta Faucet
Students taking part in Popular Science’s first science fair, sponsored by Delta Faucet, were asked to tackle a pretty serious topic—anyone up for saving the Earth?—but they’re hardly alone. Classrooms around the country are delving into everything from cloning to dark matter. Let’s sit in the back row and observe.
7/10/2013 - Education Week
In the burgeoning world of technology startups, only three percent are led by women—a statistic that TechGirlz, a Philadelphia nonprofit, hopes to change through an age-old childhood tradition: summer camp.
7/10/2013 - The News Tribune
The University of Puget Sound’s Summer Academic Challenge provides activities and events to promote learning in science and math and increase minority representation in higher education.
7/9/2013 - The Los Angeles Times
California Board of Education will consider new science standards that replace memorization of facts with hands-on experimentation. Some say the state needs to improve its education, not its standards.
7/9/2013 - Smart Blogs on Leadership
A recurring theme during will.i.am’s appearance at the 2013 Esri User Conference on Monday in San Diego was that the music star tries to take the form of a sponge when it comes to sharing his worldly knowledge and experiences with children from the neighborhood where he grew up.