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Former provost emphasizes need for engineering graduates |
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Charles M. Vest – NMSI board member, President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of MIT – recently delivered a powerful keynote address at the University of Michigan. See below for the story in the Michigan Daily.
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House Committee on Science & Technology Conducts Hearing in North Texas |
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The House Committee on Science & Technology recently held a field hearing in North Texas on September 14 entitled “Strengthening Regional Innovation: A Perspective from Northeast Texas.” The hearing marked a rare occurrence in which the Committee conducted a hearing outside of Washington D.C. this year.
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Posted by BJ Goergen, Chief of Staff
New York City education chief Joel Klein talks about improving inner-city schools, competing globally, and how Jack Welch helps him groom his leadership team.
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Luce: Texas must seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for education funding |
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Texans have always accepted a challenge. One is at hand that we need to grab hold of with ferocity. Our state must compete to win federal Race to the Top funds so it can accelerate efforts to transform education.
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Guest View: On AP, Dartmouth missed out |
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The editorial headline in the Boston Globe on Aug. 26 read, "In AP Effort, Students Soar - and Teachers Unions Flunk."AP stands for advanced placement.
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NONPROFIT-BACKED MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAM SEES AP SCORE GAINS |
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STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS (MORNING EDITION) - TUESDAY, AUG. 25, 2009 STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Schools participating in a nonprofit-funded math and science training program saw student scores on advanced placement tests soar 39 percent, according to Mass Insight,
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Initiative Boosts AP Passing Scores, Group Says |
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EdWeek - Curriculum Matters Blog
The National Math and Science Initiative, an effort to increase Advanced Placement participation, particularly among disadvantaged students, appears to be showing results, according to testing information compiled by the organization.
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Editorial: Results show math, science aren't out of reach |
Dallas Morning News
04:25 PM CDT on Monday, August 24, 2009
The conflicting data coming out about schools can make your head swirl. Too few kids ready for college.
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For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics |
Published: August 5, 2009
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - At Harvard, Carrie Grimes majored in anthropology and archaeology and ventured to places like Honduras, where she studied Mayan settlement patterns by mapping where artifacts were found. But she was drawn to what she calls "all the computer and math stuff" that was part of the job.
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