This week, Microsoft’s The School of the Future had it’s first graduating class. The school’s innovative curriculum and reformed learning environment are shared online for all who are interested. Fast Company spoke with Microsoft’s Partners in Learning’s executive director who shares amazing statistics including: the 117 graduating students all have plans for college.
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Does your school include engineering lessons in the science curriculum? Many schools do, and more plan to – with states competing for funds from incentives such as President Obama’s Race to the Top funding program that is slated to grant over $4 billion to those who do include STEM in elementary classrooms.  See how hands-on [...]

Fortune Magazine’s David Kaplan asks the question: “Why do so few students pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math? His article highlights some interesting facts – for example, “Out of 4 million students who entered high school in 2001, fewer than 200,000 will graduate with a STEM degree” – and thoughts about what might [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

AUSTIN (KXAN) | Catenya McHenry – Electronic textbooks are closer to becoming a reality in Texas classrooms. Already, many are picturing classrooms where textbooks exist on the Internet or on Kindle-like devices.
In May 2009, the Texas Legislature approved allowing school districts to use their textbook funds to purchase e-book [...]

By Bob Kirby - Snowshoes, GPS receivers and a geocaching treasure hunt. We sure didn’t do anything like that during P.E. on snowy days when I was in elementary school. But that’s exactly what happens these days at East Kingston Elementary in New Hampshire.
While I found this instructional approach intriguing (see “From the Get-Go”), it prompted [...]

BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — Students need to begin training in the sciences and math as early as pre-kindergarten for success in today’s global economy, according to a report released today by Wheelock College’s Aspire Institute. The report, commissioned by the John Adams Innovation Institute of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, recommends the establishment of a [...]