AACTE Comments on the Department of Education's Teacher Prep Regulations
In preparation for providing comment on the US Department of Education's broader regulations proposal, AACTE has developed an overview of the proposed regulations and a webinar that provides a walk-through of the regulations for members. They also have developed a template letter to help guide your response as well as another webinar to walk you through the submission process. Additionally, AACTE has offered a key perspective on the proposed regulations in the media, lending the profession's voice in dozens of outlets throughout the nation.
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Dow Partners with the American Association of Chemistry Teachers to Improve Chemistry Teaching Throughout North America
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) are partnering to invigorate chemistry education and support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in the nation's schools.
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Online Engineering Degree Programs
There's a lot going on in the world of engineering. Due to ever-growing and changing technology demands, highly-skilled professional engineers can be found in almost every field and sector of the economy. A successful engineering career demands a quality college or university education.
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Launch a Learner with GretemanGroup
Here in the Air Capital, we keep our eyes to the skies.
And one of our brightest stars is Exploration Place.
Not only is this much-loved discovery center celebrating its 15th anniversary, its statewide leadership in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education has never been greater. Or more needed.
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Washington Facts: STEM Edition
President Barack Obama, Tuesday night, in his State of the Union message to Congress advanced his idea of free tuition to Community Colleges for students who maintain a 2.5 grade average and make progress to complete their program.
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For the Love of Science: New Raytheon Grants Help Teachers Raise the Next Generation of Engineers
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is awarding 36 Engineering is Elementary� (EiE) Scholarships to teachers in disadvantaged, rural or inner city schools across the country. Each teacher will receive $2,500 towards implementing the innovative EiE curriculum developed by the Museum of Science, Boston.
The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program
Buick is offering up to $25,000 per year for 50 first-time freshmen or existing college students, renewable for up to four years and one additional year for those entering a qualified five-year engineering program.
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of the House and Senate education committees outlining key principles that should be embodied in legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, otherwise known as No Child Left Behind.
noticeably absent from President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, they were front and center the following morning as Senate lawmakers began tackling the daunting rewrite of No Child Left Behind. 
Tiffany Smith wasn't thinking about being a trailblazer. She just wanted her car fixed. But as one of the mere 1.8 percent of women working as auto mechanics and service technicians in the U.S. - a field that employs 863,000 people - the trailblazer label fits.
Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Wednesday, Jan. 21 for its third annual State of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SoSTEM) event. The event will air live on NASA Television, beginning at 1 p.m. EST, and also will be live-streamed online.
In a video presentation on David Eagleman's Kickstarter fundraising Web page, the 43-year-old neuroscience professor removes his shirt. There's a legitimate reason: He's showing off a prototype of a high-tech vest that he thinks will help us expand human perception beyond the limits of our five senses.
and lingering economic malaise, this Congress-and the White House-might be tempted to limit funding for basic science in favor of applied research that has more direct payoffs. Politicians of both major parties have done so before. We urge them not to do it again and to instead renew a law that is vital to basic research.
