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- Senate finally ready to fund math and science ed
- Complaints of inadequate funding for math and science from everyone from Bill Gates to scientists and school administrators have finally influenced a group of senators to proposed a bill to bolster federal investments in math, science and technology education and research, reports CNET News Senators Majority Leader Harry Reid...
- Tags: Science Ed, Policy, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- NJ teacher tries to recruit girls to science class
- At a high school engineering class in New Jersey, students are busily taking apart cheap plastic toys to see how they work. But something is wrong with this picture — there are no girls in this class, reports North Jersey.com Along with taking the toys apart, the students, design...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- US governors: US education needs to get competitive - now
- The message was loud and clear at the National Governors Association this week—the U.S. needs to take immediate action in order to keep up with globalization, reports the Sante Fe New Mexican. The governors expressed concern that the U.S. is quickly losing pace in the global marketplace...
- Tags: Education Technology, Policy, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Autodesk supports STEM ed
- As warnings of the repercussions of market globalization and cutbacks for STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and math) become louder, private companies are stepping up to fill the gap. One example is Autodesk, the developer of CAD, post-production and 3D animation tools, which has pledged its support for...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Bush cuts funding for science education
- Congress has started to weigh in on President Bushs education spending request in his current budget proposal, and in general, they are not pleased, reports Inside Higher Early hearings in the House and Senate leave little doubt that the Bush administrations allotment to science education leaves something...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- 'Augmented reality': the educational component
- In an effort to increase interest in math and sciences in schools, university researchers have developed an innovative pilot program that uses handheld computers and GPS units to make an augmented reality-based educational environment, reports eSchool News. The Handheld Augmented Reality Project HARP is a collaboration among Harvard University,...
- Tags: Education Technology, Gaming, Science Ed, handheld
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- Arizona State launches materials school
- The quest for a lighter plane, a more fuel-efficient car and better medical devices just took a step forward as Arizona State University announced the launch of its new School of Materials, reports Arizona State University News. "Materials are the driving force for nearly all emerging technology, explains Jordan...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- NASA summit focuses on science, tech education
- In the effort to make America more competitive in the sciences, NASA has organized a summit of schools, students and leading STEM-oriented institutions to aimed at fostering educational partnerships, reports eSchool News. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Educators, policy makers, students and NASA officials convened at...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed, NASA, partnership, Willard Daggett
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- Gaming effort to get girls into science
- The University of California San Diego UCSD and the San Diego Supercomputer Center have joined forces to launch a new program targeting middle-school girls to get them interested in science education, reports Photonics.com The new partnership will focus on helping San Diego County students monitor the air quality, solar...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, K-12, Science Ed, San Diego Supercomputer Center, game
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
- Foundation funds AZ universities to attract top science minds
- With an influx of cash from Science Foundation Arizona, Arizonas three state universities are hoping to attract the brainiest grad students to their science programs, reports the Arizona Daily Star. With a $4 million infusion to Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, Science Foundation...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Science Ed, University of Arizona
- Blog posts 2007-01-16
- Program brings biomed practice to MD high schools
- Come 2008, juniors and seniors at ten Maryland high schools will get a chance to experience what it would be like to be a forensic scientist, reports The (Frederick, MD) Gazette. The Frederick County, MD, school district received a grant that funds programs where students will be used...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed, biomedical science, biomedical
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- A call to make morality part of science education
- When it comes to teaching science, the quest for breakthrough research seems to be an ever-present goal. But with advances in biotech, ethics issues are unavoidable and must be brought up in the classrooms, a conference on religion and science concludes. At a Philadelphia conference, the theme was...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed, Caplan, ethics
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- Women gain in science degrees but minorities lag
- As education headlines proclaim the decline of American competitiveness due to a lack of new recruits to the sciences, a new report offers some good news. Women and minorities have made big strides in obtaining science and engineering degrees, reports Inside Higher Ed. A new biennial report, "Professional Women...
- Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Science Ed, women
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- Science degrees continue to decline
- The decline in students who graduate with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics does not bode well for the future of the U.S. economy, reports the Patriot News. The Sunday commentary states that though our government spends billion on science programs, fewer degrees are awarded in science fields every...
- Tags: Education Technology, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- University museums focus on the new science
- In an effort to buck the trend of university science museums to be merely repositories of old artifacts, the Broad Institute, the MIT Museum and Harvards Museum of Natural History are expanding their museums to focus on changes in contemporary science, reports The Boston Globe. "Scientific institutions have a...
- Tags: museum, MIT Museum, science museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-01
- Educators struggle to add nanotech to curriculum
- Changing education priorities in the U.S. school system is like trying to turn a battleship on a dime. With differing state standards and curricula, introducing new fields such as nanotechnology can be a difficult task, reports The Washington Post. The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network is developing and distributing...
- Tags: Semiconductors, nanotechnology
- Blog posts 2007-01-01
- Science education needs serious commitment
- American math and science education is in need of radical change, members of a National Science Foundation-appointed commission declared during a telephone meeting recently, even criticizing their own initial attempts at planning for the future, reports Inside Higher Ed. The NSF created the Commission on 21st Century Education in...
- Tags: education, commission member, Education Technology, Science Ed, commission
- Blog posts 2006-12-28
- Researchers visit CERN in search of elusive Higgs boson
- When Switzerlands CERN laboratory newest particle collider begins smashing atoms, scientists from the University of Chicago and Indiana University will be there to help crunch the data by using a worldwide supercomputing grid, reports Info World. Researchers have already begun experiments at the MidWest Tier 2 Center, one of...
- Tags: Higgs Boson, particle, Education Technology, Science Ed
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
- A push for nano education
- Nanotechnology — manipulating matter at the smallest of scales to create new materials— is a relative newcomer to the science field. And due a variety of reasons, American teachers are finding it hard to teach the basic concepts, reports The Washington Post. Scientist do not exactly agree on...
- Tags: Semiconductors, nanotechnology
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
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- News to know: Ruiz, Moffat resign; Microsoft; Psystar; Smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ruiz resigns as GlobalFoundries chairman; no mention of insider trading scandal Moffat no longer with IBM as...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, CBS Interactive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Servers, Hardware, Sales
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