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National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry, Academia, Government Grapple With Dwindling STEM Workforce The problems associated with a weak STEM applicant pool can threaten national security, some experts have said. In response, industry, academia and the government have funneled millions of dollars into STEM-education initiatives. But the numbers aren't budging.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Defense July 2009 Edward M. Swallow	'Project Lead the Way' Key to Future Defense Industry Workforce Maintaining a highly skilled U.S. aerospace, defense and homeland security work force is critical to the nation's security and economic strength, so the National Defense Industrial Association is taking action.
IndustryWeek September 14, 2011	Wanted: Talent-Driven Innovation Can the United States meet the challenge of creating the skilled workforce needed for manufacturing leadership?
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Cori Vanchieri	Jo Handelsman: Engage to Excel How to keep STEM students from jumping ship?
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Neal Starkman	Problem Solvers US students continue to lag behind the rest of the world in the four core STEM subjects. The answer, many believe, is a practical approach to instruction: project-based.
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011	Fighting the War for Talent Manufacturers faced with engineering and skilled-labor shortages are taking matters into their own hands.
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.
National Defense June 2010 Cynthia D. Miller	Business, Industry STEM Education Coalition Launched The search for scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians has become a major focus for many government and business sectors.
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf	High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.
HHMI Bulletin May 2012	President's Letter: Critical Thinking Though our efforts to improve the training of STEM teachers and students are modest in the big picture, we hope the work becomes an amplifying mechanism. And with new initiatives coming out of our science education group, we plan to have an even bigger influence on STEM education in this country.
National Defense October 2009 Cynthia D. Miller	Bill to Establish Office of STEM Education The government has more than a dozen agencies dedicated to science, technology, engineering and math initiatives with more than $3 billion allocated to these efforts in 2006.
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?
Food Processing October 2010 Gerald Shankel	America's Most Wanted: Skilled Workers A highly skilled and trained workforce is necessary to meet 21st century manufacturing needs.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Olivia LaBarre	Weighing in on STEM A British study proposes a quick fix to boost the dwindling number of students opting to study science and math.
CIO December 1, 2005 Maria Klawe	Blue Skies Ahead for IT Jobs Contrary to popular belief, career opportunities in computer science are at an all-time high. We've got to spread that message among students from a rainbow of backgrounds, or risk becoming a technological backwater.
National Defense June 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Education Trends Portend Trouble for Defense One of the most troubling trends in the U.S. is that our schools are producing fewer U.S.-born science and math graduates than countries such as China, Taiwan, South Korea, India and Mexico.
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.
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.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education.
T.H.E. Journal November 1, 2009	Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships Digital media benefits preparation for primary school... Houghton Mifflin will donate trees to schools... Website will promote science careers for girls... Schools are rated for online security... etc.
National Defense April 2008 Peter M. Steffes	Sustaining Workforce is NDIA's Top Issue The National Defense Industrial Association identified the sustaining of the U.S. national security workforce advantage as its number one priority in 2008.
National Defense January 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Budget Woes Driving Scientists, Engineers Away from Defense Department Jobs The budget crunch is a new factor preventing the Defense Department from recruiting and retaining top talent within its science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce, a recent report found.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Mark Schneiderman	Advocating a Bolder Education Vision for the Future As this election season hits full stride, candidates must be challenged to lead with a bolder vision that arms our students and educators with the technology-based tools and practices needed to meet the demands of the new century.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Brain Drain Could Ground Aerospace Production The U.S. aerospace industry faces declining workforce numbers that could result "in a disastrous loss of intellectual capital for the industry" if measures aren't taken to attract more skilled applicants.
IndustryWeek March 17, 2010 Jill Jusko	The Training Imperative U.S. manufacturers continue their struggle to find the right people with the right skills to fill manufacturing's talent needs. A broad array of institutions, including manufacturers themselves, are racing to meet that skills challenge - and keep U.S. manufacturing competitive.
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.
T.H.E. Journal March 23, 2010 David Nagel	Are Schools Pushing Girls Away from Science? Women and underrepresented minorities who have successfully pursued science careers were discouraged along the way, according to a new report.
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Curriculum-Based Reform :: An Eye on the Future Employers say that US schools are not teaching students the skills they must have for the 21st-century workplace. What may be needed is a sweeping change in how we think about curriculum.
InternetNews April 26, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress Gets Competitive With Bills Senate, House approve legislation aimed at improving America's global competitiveness.
T.H.E. Journal February 8, 2010 Scott Aronowitz	STEM Academy Looks To Bolster Teacher Competency The STEM Academy will offer a series of professional development opportunities to significantly advance educators' ability for STEM literacy, experimentation and analysis, and practical application.
T.H.E. Journal December 18, 2009 David Nagel	NASA Funds Target 13 K-12 STEM Education Programs Thirteen K-12 STEM education initiatives will receive an infusion of more than $12 million through NASA's Nspires program. The programs to be funded incorporate a range of technologies, from online social networking to virtual learning to digital media.
Inc. March 2005 Stephanie Clifford	Employers Tackle A Tricky Math Problem Teaching math: the new core competency. Some company owners are picking up where the public school system left off.
Geotimes November 2007 Linda Rowan	Science Legislation: America COMPETES, Geeks Rule and Everybody Wins The 110th Congress went into its August recess having successfully passed a major measure for physical science research and science and engineering education.
Geotimes January 2007 Margaret Anne Baker	Diversity in the Geosciences -- We Can Do Better As minorities become the majority of the population, the inability to tap these communities is a severe handicap to actually tapping the bulk of the best and brightest students and including them in the geoscience community.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber	Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers.
National Defense November 2009 Cynthia D. Miller	Institute Strives for National STEM Education Network How do we create our next generation of scientists and engineers? It takes an individual who has classroom experience, vision for the future and sheer determination to find it.
Fast Company Anna Maria Chavez	Girl Scouts CEO On The Importance Of Encouraging Girls To Enter STEM Fields Digital Cookie meets girls where they are -- online -- and teaches them exciting new 21st-century skills such as website maintenance, online money management, e-commerce, online marketing, and even cyber security.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard	The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges.
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.
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Hawkins Gonzales & Miller Nelson	Learner-Centered Instruction Promotes Student Success Northface University prepares its computer science students for the workplace with real-world projects.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Garrett Dikkers et al.	A Bridge to Success There is a no man's land between the recognized need for tech-process, and our still-developing sense of best practice and how to leverage this really powerful tool to get kids learning in exciting ways.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 John K. Waters	How Geek Became Chic With budgets and staff stretched thin, schools are turning tech-savvy students into technology leaders and a popular, important source of IT support.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006	Labor Days: Meeting Our Workforce Challenges! This special report takes the critical challenges facing U.S. manufacturers, puts them in perspective and presents the best workforce practices of America's plants.
Food Processing March 2013	MRO Q&A: Finding Qualified Technicians Consider the short-term and relatively less-difficult option. There are contract services that provide mechanical and electrical services for a fee.
T.H.E. Journal March 5, 2010 David Nagel	National Ed Tech Plan Advocates Radical Reforms in Schools The U.S. Department of Education released the first public draft of the National Education Technology Plan. The document reveals an intent not only to infuse technology throughout the curriculum, but to implement some major changes to education itself.
T.H.E. Journal August 26, 2009 David Nagel	Federal Grants Aim To Boost STEM Equity The United States Department of Education announced about $6.3 million in grants to programs aimed at bringing underrepresented groups into STEM careers and pursuing advanced degrees.