NMSI's mission is to have a national impact on improving K-20 math and science education that will prepare more students to enter college; earn degrees; and be ready for careers, particularly in STEM fields. We have made dramatic progress in our first year.

Click Here to view NMSI's 2008 Annual Report (PDF).

Asia is steadily eroding America's leadership in research spending

Posted by Tom Luce

Testimony of Norman R. Augustine, the Lead Director of the NMSI Board, Before the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, U.S. House of Representatives

Do What Works: The Power of Data to Achieve Breakthroughs in K-12 Education

Tom Luce discusses how philanthropists can and should use data to dramatically improve K-12 education in America, especially for underserved children. As one of the nation's leading authorities on the use of data in education, Luce shares practical advice and provides a game plan for how philanthropists can leverage proven interventions to increase the impact of their investments and, ultimately, achieve an excellent education for every child.

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Bruce Alberts, a member of the NMSI board, has a thoughtful editorial on the importance of science in education in the magazine Science.

Posted by Tom Luce

Despite notable progress in mathematics, the United States has failed to raise student achievement in science over the past decade while Singapore and several other Asian countries continue to score higher in both subjects,

More information on NMSI Board Member, Steve Chu, the Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Obama's pick for Secretary of Energy.

Posted by Tom Luce, NMSI CEO:

It's good to see WGBH, the Boston PBS powerhouse, and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) are teaming up to design new messages to accurately portray the field of computing to young people - a communications "makeover."  Here's a link to the announcement of the project, which is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/computing-image

Posted by Rena Pederson, NMSI Director of Communications

Obama picks leaders of energy team

By Deborah Charles

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's team to address climate change emerged on Wednesday as Democratic officials said he had chosen a Nobel laureate for U.S. energy secretary and was likely to pick an environmental veteran to serve as coordinator of climate policies.

Posted by: Rena Pederson

The Washington Post has an important story on the TIMSS results today that shows American students are not making progress in science, which does not bode well for our country’s ability to compete in the future in fields like high-tech and bio-tech.