The State of Science Standards 2012
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
American science performance is lagging as the economy becomes increasingly high tech, but our current science standards are doing little to solve the problem. (February 2012)
Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Report: The per-pupil cost of educating a student through virtual education is significantly less, on average, than the national average for brick-and-mortar schools. Relating story. (January 2012)
Educators' message: Put in the effort on math and science
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Choosing the path of least resistance has made Andy Zerr's journey much harder. The Lindenwood University biology student did not know what career he wanted to pursue when he graduated from high school in 1995. (December 2011)
Get over math/science aversion
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A national business leader warns that our young people must get over being frightened by STEM subjects. (December 2011)
Nation's Digital Report Card
Foundation for Excellent Education
This provides leaders and policy makers the tangible steps to transform U.S. education into a model for the world, "a system where every student graduates from high school with knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers." (October 2011)
Digital Learning and Technology: Federal Policy Recommendations to Seize the Opportunity - And Promising Practices That Inspire Them
Alliance for Excellent Education
With the challenges currently facing the nation’s education system, the nation cannot afford to miss the opportunity that technology and digital learning offer. Press release. (August 2011)
Fund Launched to Support New Math and Science Teachers for Public Schools
Philanthropy News Digest
A group of 28 corporations and educational institutions has announced the launch of a $20 million initiative to help prepare 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next decade. (July 2011)
STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future
US Department of Commerce
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)drive our nations innovation and competiveness by generating new ideas, new companies and new industries. (July 2011)
New Report Offers Roadmap for Success in K-12 STEM Education
The National Research Council (Free PDF available)
Science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM) are fundamental aspects of everyone's lives as citizens, consumers, parents, and workers. Providing all students with access to high-quality education in STEM is important to their futures and that of the U.S. Relating Story. (June 2011)
Medical Robotics Help Students Better Understand STEM Careers
WXIA-TV, Atlanta
How do you interest kids in STEM careers? This may be the best way. Let them see and experience STEM in action. (June 2011)
The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education
Institute for a Competitive Workforce - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled the results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for science. There is much work to be done. Relating story. (June 2011)
Emerging Technologies - NMC Horizon Report - 2011 K-12 Edition
NMC Horizon Project
For the second straight year, cloud computing was named one of two technologies in education to watch during the next year. (May 2011)
How to Fix the STEM Deficit
Washington Post
The president has called for 100,000 new STEM teachers over the next 10 years. Unless we meet that challenge, this and future presidents at future STEM-teacher award ceremonies will find themselves looking at an awful lot of blank spots. (May 2011)
https://www.wvhepc.org/resources/STEM_Students_in_West_Virginia.pdf
STEM Students in West Virginia: Findings from the 2010 High School Senior Opinions Survey
West Virginia Higher Education Committee
This brief compares students aspiring to earn a STEM degree to those who are not, with respect to academic preparation, college aspirations, college influence and college choice. (ECS Connection) (May 2011)
The State of K-12 Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Curriculum in the United States
National Cyber Security Alliance
A new report suggests that many schools are not adequately preparing students to be safe in today's digitally connected age, and it cites basic online safety and ethics as two areas in which students need more education. Relating story. (May 2011)
Digital Learning Now
Foundation for Excellence in Education
The Digital Learning Council has recommended major changes to state education policy that include abolishing seat-time requirements, linking teacher pay to student success and overhauling school funding models. (December 2010)
Teaching Math to the Talented - U.S. Students Lagging Behind
Educationnext
If there is some dispute about which Olympic medals to count from the last winter Games, there is no question about American math performance: the United States does not deserve even a paper medal. (November 2010)
National Education Technology Plan 2010
U.S. Department of Education
<cite>Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology</cite>, calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system. (November 2010)
Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
The Aspen Institute
A White Paper on the Digital and Media Literacy recommendations of the Knight Commission on the information needs of communities in a democracy. (November 2010)
Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited - Rapidly Approaching Category 5
The National Academies Press
Stagnant scientific education imperils U.S. economic leadership, says this report by leading business and science figures (ECS). (September 2010)
Bayer Facts of Science Education XIV Survey
Bayer Corporation
According to this study, the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) industry should make every effort to work from the top down to encourage women and minorities to pursue careers in those fields. (March 2010)
Degrees of Success - Bachelor's Degree Completion Rates Among Initial STEM Majors (Research Brief)
Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
More and more students are starting college with plans to major in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, but this study finds that their completion rates are lagging (ECS). (February 2010)
$250 million initiative for science, math teachers planned
Washington Post
President Obama has announced a $250 million public-private effort to improve science and mathematics instruction, aiming to help the nation compete in key fields with global economic rivals. (January 2010)
4-H Study of Positive Youth Development
Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development - Tufts University
The report shows American universities have an ally in their efforts to educate more students in science, technology and engineering and keep the nation competitive in the global economy. (October 2009)
Engineering in K 12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects
National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council
Engineering education in K-12 classrooms is a small but growing phenomenon that may have implications for engineering and also for the other "STEM" subjects--science, technology, and mathematics. There is a charge for this report. (September 2009)
Promising Practices In Online Learning - Funding and Policy Frameworks for Online Learning
International Association for K-12 Online Learning
This report is calling for a better policy and funding framework to make sure students are getting the best education possible in the online environment. (August 2009)
ASCD Smart Brief Special Report: Literacy 2.0 (Part I)
ASCD
In this ever-changing world, educators must not only utilize technology to engage students but also to help students understand the capabilities -- and possible abuses -- of the media they are increasingly using in their everyday lives. (August 2009)
ASCD SmartBrief Special Report: Literacy 2.0 (Part II)
ASCD
It is no longer enough for students to walk away from schools knowing basic academic skills. They must be prepared for a future that increasingly relies on new technology. (August 2009)
Students Who Study Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in Postsecondary Education
National Center for Education Statistics
This brief focuses on undergraduates who enter STEM programs. It examines characteristics of such students and their postsecondary outcomes several years after entering postsecondary education. (July 2009)
Preparing the Future Workforce - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Policy in Wisconsin K-12 Education
Public Policy Forum
Job growth predictions do indicate that both middle- and high-skills STEM jobs will provide much opportunity for future workers in Wisconsin. However, at the state level, education and budget policy has not fully recognized the greater importance of STEM education for today’s students. (June 2009)
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
U.S. Department of Education
The findings presented here are derived from (a) a systematic search for empirical studies of the effectiveness of online learning and (b) a meta-analysis of those studies from which effect sizes that contrasted online and face-to-face instruction could be extracted or estimated. (June 2009)
The Opportunity Equation - Transforming Science and Math Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Urging the nation to "do school differently," this report recommends a set of concrete actions for federal, state, and local education leaders to take to transform math and science instruction and bring the U.S. back to the forefront of global competition. (June 2009)
Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores
Wall Street Journal
In Montgomery County, Md., a $47 million-per-year technology investment puts its schools at the forefront of the "data-driven" movement in U.S. education. (June 2009)
The Second Derivative: International Benchmarks in Mathematics for U.S. States and School Districts
American Institutes For Research
In order to be the best in the world ourselves we need to understand what those ahead of us know, what they do, and why they do it. Then we need to implement radically new, groundbreaking policies that accelerate the pace at which our students learn in school. (June 2009)
The Opportunity Equation - Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy
The Carnegie Institute
In 2007 a Commission was formed, charged with assessing the current state of math and science education in the U.S. and developing actionable recommendations for the country. (June 2009)
Getting Students More Learning Time Online: Distance Education in Support of Expanded Learning Time in K-12 Schools
Center for American Progress
Distance education can offer an approach to expanding school learning time that allows for more flexible and individualized learning through the application of new technologies. (May 2009)
Taking the Pulse of BioScience Education in America - A state by state analysis
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Middle and high school students are generally falling behind in life sciences, and the nation is at risk of producing a dearth of qualified workers for the fast-growing bioscience industry. Article - Report: U.S. students lagging in biosciences - (May 2009)
You Do The Math: Explaining Basic Concepts Behind Math Problems Improves Children's Learning
ScienceDaily
New research from Vanderbilt University has found students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. (April 2009)
What Facebook Users Share - Lower Grades
Time Magazine Story on research conducted by doctoral candidate
According to this new study, college students who use the 200 million–member social network have significantly lower grade-point averages (GPAs) than those who do not. (April 2009)
Technologies Soon to Affect Education - 2009 Horizon Report - K12 Edition -The New Media Consortium
Collaborative environments, cloud computing, and "smart" objects are among the technologies that this group of experts believes will have a profound impact on K-12 education within the next five years or sooner. (March 2009)
Technology Counts 2009 - Breaking Away from Tradition
Education Week
As the world of online education continues to evolve, brick-and-mortar schools are incorporating digital curricula and virtual teachers into their classrooms in surprising ways. (March 2009)
K-12 Online Learning - a 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators
The Sloan Consortium
Online learning offers a lifeline--especially for rural schools, according to this study that also predicts "blended learning" could be the way most students learn in the future. (March 2009)
The Mathematics and Science Teacher Shortage: Fact and Myth
University of Pennsylvania
The report raises the question whether the problem is we aren't producing enough of these teachers or is it more in retention? (March 2009)
Achievement Effects of Four Early Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 Schools
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Two programs for teaching mathematics in the early grades—Math Expressions and Saxon Math—emerge as clear winners in a large-scale federal study that pits four popular math curricula against one another. (February 2009)
AASA hears what's about to disrupt schools
eSchool News Article
Online instruction, says best-selling education author, will change schooling as we know it--if we're lucky. (February 2009)
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
National Center for Educational Statistics
This report shows the U.S. with small gains in math, but overall no improvement since the mid-1990s. (December 2008)
Class of 2020
eSchool News Article
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has issued new guidance for reforming the nation's schools with the help of technology. (November 2008)
Report Assesses K-12 Online Learning
Keeping Pace
This report outlines several policy recommendations to expand and improve online learning and also summarizes online opportunities offered by states. (November 2008)
Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving
American Mathematical Socity
This study challenges a widely held notion that females lack exceptional math abilities. Negative attitudes about girls involved in mathematics are depriving the nation of some of its best math talent. (October 2008)
Eighth-Graders and Algebra, does it work?
Brown Center - The Brookings Institution
This study says 8th graders and algebra is not a good mix even though there is a push nationally to bring the two together. (September 2008)
Tracking the Reasons Many Girls Avoid Science and Math
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
This research indicates that the self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math and science than their initial interest. (September 2008)
Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Education
Center for Evaluation & Eucation Policy
This Policy Brief takes a focused look at the virtual education trend that is becoming more popular across the nation. (June 2008)
Does Computing Add Up In the Classroom?
New York Times
Computing is essentially math on steroids. So, at first glance, it should seem appropriate that the National Mathematics Advisory Panel included computer-based instruction among its recommendations to address the mediocre level of math achievement in the U.S. However, there's more to consider. (April 2008)
The Push to Improve STEM Education
Education Week and Editorial Projects in Education
This report provides readers with numerous articles to put the STEM issue in context, and examines efforts to improve STEM education in the states. (March 2008)
Annual Horizon Report
New Media Consortium
This annual report describes six emerging technologies or practices that will likely enter mainstream use over the next one to five years. (March 2008)
National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council