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T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
National Defense March 2012 Edward Swallow	Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bill to Boost STEM Education The chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce division spoke to Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., regarding a bill he recently introduced, the STEM Education Innovation Act.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems.
Outside October 2008 Dianna Delling	Earth in a Vise Grip Thomas Friedman's climate-change manifesto is bound to be a bestseller. And that's a good thing.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel	EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology.
CIO August 1, 2005 Gary Beach	Bricklayers or Architects? The inadequate math and science education of America's youth is a serious issue in the workplace and for the country's future economic strength.
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 John K. Waters	Maine Ingredients The nation's first-ever statewide 1-to-1 laptop program marks its seventh birthday by expanding into high schools, providing an occasion to celebrate - and to examine the components of its success.
National Defense May 2015 Alan Pellegrini	Defense Innovation Requires Focus on STEM Education Organizations must look beyond their own walls to support people and ideas that help secure our nation and allow high-technology industries to thrive. One way to do this is through STEM programs.
CIO September 14, 2012 Gary Beach	Time to Pay It Forward for Better Educated IT Workers The author knows American students lag behind other countries in STEM and thinks McKinsey's 'Closing the Talent Gap' report may be on to something. Is it time we incentivize our best students to forgo the private sector for jobs in public education?
National Defense January 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	Defense Department Embraces STEM Education Outreach The Defense Deaprtment hires more scientists and engineers, and sponsors more research and development projects than any other federal employer.
IndustryWeek September 14, 2011	Wanted: Talent-Driven Innovation Can the United States meet the challenge of creating the skilled workforce needed for manufacturing leadership?
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Paul Magnusson	Globalization is Great -- Sort of In The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Thomas L. Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times, pens a thorough account of how the revolution in technology is accelerating globalization.
InternetNews August 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education.
Bank Technology News April 2006	In a Flat World, Everything Of Value is Connected Globalization is a fact of life; it shouldn't be a matter of when American companies get on board, but how and where they harness the power of the world's technological prowess, whether it originates in Silicon Valley or Bangalore.
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2010	2020 Vision: Experts Forecast What the Digital Revolution Will Bring Next A discussion about how far we've come in education technology, and where we can expect to go.
T.H.E. Journal March 15, 2010 David Nagel	Obama's ESEA Blueprint Continues Emphasis on Assessment President Obama has released his new "Blueprint" for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, calling for the transformation of American K-12 education into a "world-class" system.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Dream On: Visionary Educators and Their Big Ideas The four educators we've chosen to spotlight as visionaries conceived, developed, and guided technology-driven initiatives perhaps initially thought to be impractical.
Information Today July 23, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser	E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology).
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Drill Down Administrators report on the obstacles they encounter in the effort to provide students with take-home technologies.
T.H.E. Journal February 2009	Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses.
Scientific American September 2008 Steve Mirsky	Going Green to Save the Economy: A Q&A with Thomas L. Friedman Why strategies to tackle climate change will boost the economy.
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Cori Vanchieri	Jo Handelsman: Engage to Excel How to keep STEM students from jumping ship?
Geotimes April 2007 Vernon J. Ehlers	Education: Why Do I Have to Learn Geometry? The study of science, technology, engineering and math is critical for every student in our nation, not only for enhancing their opportunities for good jobs, but also for improving our national security and competitiveness.
Entrepreneur November 2005 Chris Penttila	The Heat Is On How long can the U.S. maintain its innovative edge?
HBS Working Knowledge April 6, 2007 Jim Heskett	Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming? A lot of money will be made or lost for a long time on the effort to combat global warming. But does the free market have the patience for investments that may not pay out for many years?
CIO July 26, 2013	CIOs Must Help Plug the Talent Gap CIOs have trouble filling technical positions because of deficiencies in America's schools. It's time to get involved, says Gary J. Beach, author of a just-released book on this topic.
T.H.E. Journal January 2009 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Collaboration: The Mother of Innovation Working well with others may be the key 21st-century skill.
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
National Defense November 2009	Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Reader responses to a previous article on attracting and acquiring new science and math experts for the military.
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Paul Tullis	An 'A' in Abstractions In Tucson's Catalina Foothills School District, educators and administrators have decided to go all in on 21st century skills, and in so doing have revamped every subject area from K through 12.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech Embraces Bush Call For U.S. Competitiveness Praise rolls in for President Bush's new agenda focused on increased spending on innovation and education in the U.S.
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Bruce Nussbaum	America's Fleeting Edge in Innovation "Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back" is an insightful, and scary, account of the innovation challenges faced by the U.S.
National Defense September 2010 Mark Russell	One Company's Approach to Solving the Nation's STEM Dilemma Raytheon understands how to analyze complex systems in a comprehensive manner. These analysis techniques can be applied to the education problem of producing enough technology and engineering graduates.
T.H.E. Journal January 2009 Jennifer Demski	STEM Picks Up Speed The use of authentic scenarios to teach abstract concepts such as constant velocity is helping educators spark student interest in math and science.
Global Services November 29, 2007	The Future of Innovation The challenges are there, but so are the opportunities to open up vast new global markets through innovation.
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel	Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations.
T.H.E. Journal November 16, 2009 David Nagel	Is American Education Neglecting Gifted Children? America's 3 million gifted and talented students are getting the shaft in the vast majority of K-12 schools, according to a new report from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Rogers Weed	Invest in Biotech, or Watch the U.S. Health Innovation Edge Slip Away Medical innovation is an industry where our country should shine brightest -- if we invest in it, that is. Battelle found that life-sciences leaders around the country are concerned that the United States is losing its edge.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships US Schools Leaving Mobile Devices Idle... Whitmore Lake HS Pilots Green Tech Courses... Online Safety Contest Launches... etc.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber	Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers.
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T.H.E. Journal November 2, 2009 David Nagel	Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning? While more than half of America's school principal's say they are doing a good job preparing students for the 21st century, only a third of parents of middle school and high school students agree.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Now What? We put the question to a host of K-12 IT leaders: If you had a one-shot chance to spend a big sum of technology money, where would you begin? Here are their shopping lists.
IndustryWeek January 31, 2012 Josh Cable	GE Barometer: Executives Believe Innovation and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand However, uncertainty in the global economy is curbing their companies' appetites for risk and making it harder for them to find capital.
Popular Mechanics December 18, 2007	Science and Science Education Proposals From the Candidates: Geek the Vote '08 Compare candidate stances on scientific research and education.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Technology's Impact on Effective Teaching Strategies Much is significantly different when online tools are used in instruction simply because the contexts of learning and tools used, as well as modes of delivery, differ so greatly.