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Advanced classes prepare students for college

A great editorial by a student at Lake Hamilton High School in Arkansas.

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American Adults Flunk Basic Science
ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2009) - Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive® reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test.

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Tech Education Will Get Some Funding From Stimulus Effort

Science, tech, engineering and math education in the nation's K-12 classrooms will get a boost from federal stimulus money, though details are still being finalized.

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Obama Calls for Overhaul of Education System

President Obama said Tuesday that the nation must overhaul its education system and dramatically decrease the drop-out rate among students to remain competitive in the global economy.

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Teachers pair up for Wednesday night space shot

Posted by Tom Luce, NMSI CEO

Good article re: 2 science teachers going in space in the paper today

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Stimulus to Help Retool Education, Duncan Says
To help struggling schools, the federal government will use stimulus funding to encourage states to expand school days, reward good teachers, fire bad ones and measure how students perform compared with peers in India and China, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said yesterday.
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Fixing Our Schools

Having uniform standards and rejecting old excuses would help, the new education secretary believes.

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Job Losses Show Breadth of Recession

Posted by BJ Goergen, NMSI Chief of Staff

March 4, 2009, ECONOMIC SCENE, By DAVID LEONHARDT

What does the worst recession in a generation look like?

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Coppell Engineering Expo
Posted by Rena Pederson, NMSI Director of Communications:

It's terrific to see ambitious math and science events like the upcoming Engineering Expo in Coppell, Texas.

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Har-Ber Student's Video Is National Finalist

A video created by team of Arkansas high school students taking Advanced Placement courses is among the six finalists in the National Math and Science Initiative's "Fun is Learning Math and Science" video competition.

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Why Paying Kids To Study Works In Texas

The March 8 edition of Newsweek has a helpful analysis of the recent working paper that shows students who receive incentives for passing AP courses not only earn better GPA's, they are more likely to earn their degrees - and the effects are more pronounced among minorities.

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Many Authorized STEM Projects Fail to Get Funding

Here is an article from EdWeek with some timely information about STEM funding:

Many programs in the America COMPETES Act never got any money.

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Warren East High Future Educators of America proudly announces another National Championship.

Posted by Pat Sherbert, Director of English Programs at NMSI:

Please take a look at the FTA 1st place video below about “Becoming A Teacher.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7o0Kdqe7M

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