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Welcome!
Please enjoy this week's edition of the STEM Ed Update.
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Coalition Issues Statement on Final FY15 Spending Bill
 The STEM Education Coalition has issued a statement on H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
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Top Article:
A New Era in STEM Education
International Innovation
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 International Innovation sat down with the STEM Education Coalition's Executive Director, James Brown, to discuss the importance of STEM education in the United States, what trends we have seen over the past year, and what to expect in 2015.
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Stay in the Know:
Latest STEM Education Policy News Across the U.S. |
New U.S. Spending Deal a Mixed Bag for Science
Science Insider
NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) appear to be among the winners-relatively speaking-in a spending deal reached Tuesday night by lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, with  both agencies receiving modest funding boosts. But research budgets at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Energy would remain flat.
Read more here.
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To Diversify Nation's Tech Pipeline, AP Computer Science Gets A Reboot
St. Louis Public Radio
Relatively speaking, not that many students take the Advanced Placement course in computer science.
 Out of a little more than 2.3 million students for all subjects, fewer than 40,000 students took an exam for the course last year. While there was a slight uptick in the percentage of minority and female students, the data continue to show a jaw-dropping lack of racial and gender diversity.
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Apprentice Programs in High-Tech Fields Get $100M Boost From Dept. of Labor
Education Week
Calling apprenticeships in high-skilled, high-tech fields a "ticket to the middle class," U.S. Secretary of Labor  Thomas Perez announced Thursday a new $100 million federal grant competition for public-private partnerships to develop registered apprenticeship programs.
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Top Tech Jobs 2015 - Engineering
Silicon Republic
Silicon Republic is looking to the future, establishing  which jobs will be most in demand in Ireland in 2015. In the fourth part of this series, we look at engineering, one of the more tangible areas of the tech industry.
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John Urschel to Write Advanced Stats Column for The Players' Tribune
Onward State
After graduating from Penn State with both a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's in math education with a 4.0 GPA, you could say John Urschel knows a thing or two about  numbers. A starting offensive lineman in the NFL after being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of last year's draft, will write an advanced stats column for The Players' Tribune, a new media platform founded by Derek Jeter that publishes first-person stories directly from athletes.
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From Around the Community
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TeenLife STEM Program Directory
TeenLife.com is the web's leading search engine for pre-college STEM summer programs, gap programs, and community service opportunities for students in grades 7-12. Begin your search for a STEM summer program here. Just enter specific interests -- such as biology, computer science, or engineering -- to see types of opportunities are available regionally or nationwide. Then select the "Summer Program" category to narrow down the options!
Be sure to read the STEM blog too.
NOVA Hour of Code
CoderDojo NOVA is part of the free, open, and non-profit CoderDojo movement to teach kids 7-17 (along with their parents) how to code. Our Dojo sessions will work proactively to eliminate gender and socioeconomic barriers to computer science by providing a no-cost way for young people to experience programming early-and have fun doing it!
LearnHowToBecome.org Engineer Guides
Data experts and editors at LearnHowToBecome.org recently updated their guides for several engineering-related careers. Their resource was created for students and job seekers looking for in-depth career information and guidance, and has been expanded to include more comprehensive data.
STEMulation Learning Systems, Inc. 
Fly through the skies with STEMulation Learning Systems, who are bringing flight simulations to public schools.
Washington Facts: STEM Edition
Reporting live from NIH. On Monday December 5th, Washington Facts: STEM Edition will be broadcasting a VideoCast live from NIH on its working group surrongind pre-college engagement in biomedical science and STEM education.
Thinkerella Brings STEM to Kids
Thinkerella is the FIRST of its kind, mobile science lab in New Orleans. Safe, non toxic STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) experiments are geared towards elementary and early-middle school aged girls (and boy Thinkerfellas!)
Find out more here.
STEM: Paths - An Interactive Christmas Experience
We invite you to support and participate in our next event: an Interactive Christmas Experience for children living in DC public housing communities. Youth, parents, and stakeholders will get to enjoy unique interactive experiences with STEM competitions, coaching, teamwork, building, and more. This STEM carnival will include at least 20 educational experiences and will encourage participating youth to choose from a variety of potential STEM careers. The event will also include giveaways of STEM toys.
Find out more here.
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