An enormous $84 billion bill is off to the Senate for approval. In it’s third run through the House of Representatives, the  bill is passed and is ready for the next step in the legislative process. The America COMPETES bill has been developed to invest in American  technology and science and support STEM education, including [...]

The June 1 deadline to join in the second phase of Race to the Top is past and thirty-five states and Washington D.C. have decided to opt in for this next part of the competition for part of $3.4 billion that has been allocated for education funding.
Finalists will be chosen by the end of July [...]

Good news – if you’re looking for funding to help integrate STEM programs into the classroom, HP has allocated $1 million of grant money to help. The grant initiative, called Catalyst, was designated to support professional development for educators and back STEM learning.
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HP will provide $1 million in cash, technology, and professional services to [...]

President Obama’s monumental Race to the Top education reform grant program with funds totaling over $4 billion is nearing its June application deadline.  Although Delaware and Tennessee won early awards of grant money totaling $600 million in the first phase of the awards process, $3.4 billion dollars in education reform grant money is available to [...]

Educators constantly seek ways to include STEM topics in the classroom – and especially look for professional development to support the lessons they’re teaching, and Saint Lucie County Schools are no exception. Saint Lucie recently brought PCS Brick and Discover labs with hands-on training on site for their team of after-school educators.
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SAINT LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOLS [...]

One Minnesota middle-school is excited about the success of the engineering classes that are  now in place. There is a lot of excitement about it from both teachers and students. Students think it’s cool and teachers are thrilled to have embarked on meaningful integration of STEM education with hands-on projects that reinforce math and engineering [...]

IRVINE, Calif./PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Broadcom Foundation announced today that it has launched its website, www.broadcomfoundation.org, paving the way for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program funding and grants for 2011 and beyond.  Created in 2009, Broadcom Foundation supports STEM education and research, as well as community organizations supporting STEM [...]

PCS Edventures is having a summer giveaway for after-school programs.  Go to edventures.com/discogiveaway to enter for your chance to win the new Discover STEM Lab for your after-school students grades 4-6.
PCS understands the growing need to find activities to get kids actively participating in after-school programs and the Discover STEM Lab will improve student retention and create [...]

Washington (CNN) — Tennessee and Delaware were the only two states designated Monday to receive funds in the first round of the education funding competition “Race to the Top,” federal officials announced.
Delaware will receive $100 million under the program, while Tennessee will receive $500 million.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in the [...]

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Monday that he favored federal rewards for local school districts that fire underperforming teachers and close failing schools, saying educators needed to be held accountable when they failed to fix chronically troubled classrooms and curb the student dropout rate.
The president outlined his proposal to offer $900 million in federal grants, [...]