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Welcome!
Here's this week's edition of the STEM Ed Update.
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Coalition Praises House Action on STEM Education Act 
The STEM Education Coalition issued a statement on the STEM Education Act (H.R. 5031), a bipartisan bill developed by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
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Top Article:
How to Create Scalable Solutions to Address the STEM Crisis
eSchool News
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Transforming STEM education and, as a result, the U.S. workforce, will require more than home-grown or one-off localized programs. This is a national challenge that  requires scalable and sustainable solutions. We must focus on high-quality, integrated, activity-, project-, and problem-based programs that work, and then take those programs to scale. All children deserve a quality education that will help them develop the skills they'll need to be successful in the global economy.
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Latest STEM Education Policy News Across the U.S. |
Common Core Becomes Touchy Subject for Governors Group
Wall Street Journal
The National Governors Association was one of the founders of Common Core, a set of academic standards aimed at raising student achievement. But as Democratic and Republican governors gathered here for summer meetings, Common Core wasn't on the official agenda, a sign of how the bipartisan idea has become a political minefield.
Read more here.
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Off to the Races: House and Senate Campaigns with Strong Education Angles
Education Week
We're plunging ahead into this midterm election year, and it's never too early to take stock of the campaign landscape as it relates to education. Here's a quick preview of some races to keep your eyes on. As we progress further into campaign season, I'll dive deeper into some of these races and others that prove particularly important to education policy.
Read more here.
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Powerful Ad Shows What A Little Girl Hears When You Tell Her She's Pretty
Huffington Post
A new Verizon commercial cites a sad statistic by the National Science Foundation: 66  percent of 4th grade girls say they like science and math, but only 18 percent of all college engineering majors are female.
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How America can produce the next Bill Gates
Republic 3.0
When most people consider the history of Microsoft, they may think only of founder Bill Gates. He had the drive and determination to create one of the world's most legendary companies, as well as the critical computing tools he needed to turn his vision into reality.
Read more here.
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Women, Blacks Most Likely to Leave STEM Careers, New Research Finds
AIR
One in six who earns a Ph.D. in science, technology,  engineering or mathematics (STEM) pursues a career outside the field, with women and blacks most likely to do so, finds a new American Institutes for Research (AIR) analysis of what general career paths and work these Ph.D. holders take up once leaving their discipline. Read more here.
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From Around the Community
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Examining the Impact of Afterschool STEM Programs
Afterschool providers around the nation are offering innovative, hands-on STEM programming that not only excite and engage young people in STEM fields but also develop tangible skills and a greater knowledge of STEM careers. This paper examines recent research findings about the importance of afterschool and other out-of-school time experiences for STEM learning.
Washington Facts: STEM Edition
The Brain, described by Nobel Laureates and eminent scientists as, "The most complicated structure in the Universe," now has in place a long-term scientific vision of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
Guerilla Educators
Here is another terrific Project from 6th graders at a working class, suburban Philly middle school that demonstrates STEM in action as well as anything that took place this school year. Like the "Imagine" Project, the focus is on sustainability and the built environment.
STEMedia
A couple of years ago Nehemiah Mabry, an engineering grad student at NC State University, started an initiative called STEMedia. The goal is to creatively inspire students in the technical fields using media and the arts. Their message is the encouragement of passion, creativity, persistence, and excellence.
STEM Magazine
Wayne Carley understands that the future of the American economy rests on the success of our S.T.E.M. education efforts in schools across the nation. To help promote STEM education, he has created a monthly magazine focused on issues related to STEM.
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We appreciate your continued support and involvement.
Sincerely,
The STEM Education Coalition
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Our Coalition's Co-Chairs
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July 26-27, 2014
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