STEM Literacy: Are We Keeping Up?
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STEM Literacy: Are We Keeping Up?

The STEM Education Coalition recently teamed up with Media Planet for their Education and Career News special publication on STEM education.

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Senate ESEA Push Yields Huge Victory for STEM Education
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Senate ESEA Push Yields Huge Victory for STEM Education

Last week the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee unanimously approved the Every Child Achieves Act, a bill that would comprehensively overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act, which has been in place since 2002. 

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STEM Ed Coalition Featured on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
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STEM Ed Coalition Featured on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

The Coalition's Executive Director, James Brown, was featured on SPAN's Washington Journal program this morning to discuss President Obama's agenda for STEM education and his announcement yesterday during the White House Science fair of a new $35 million STEM teacher training effort.

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Coalition Supports Perkins CTE Act Reauthorization

The STEM Education Coalition works aggressively to raise awareness in Congress about the critical role of STEM education in the US. Current workforce demands are changing the STEM conversation as employers are reporting a shortage of skilled workers to fill in-demand positions.

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Coalition Publishes 2014 Annual Report

The Coalition today published it’s Annual Report for 2014, highlighting its activities, accomplishments, and major media coverage of its work over the past year. 

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Coalition Statement on FY16 Budget Proposal

The Coalition issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request, which would provide more than $3 billion for STEM education programs across the federal government. 

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Coalition Issues Priorities for ESEA, Reacts to Alexander Proposal

The STEM Education Coalition today sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate education committees outlining key principles that should be embodied in legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, otherwise known as No Child Left Behind.  

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Coalition Issues Statement on Final FY15 Spending Bill

The STEM Education Coalition, a broad alliance of more than 600 education, business, and professional organizations issued a statement today on H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.

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Broad Array of STEM Organizations Support Common Standards in Math, Science

The STEM Education Coalition has joined with a diverse group of professional, educational, and business organizations in issuing a join statement of support for state-led efforts to adopt and implement rigorous common standard in mathematics and science that promote deeper learning in STEM subjects.

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A New Era in STEM Education

International Innovation sat down with the STEM Education Coalition’s Executive Director, James Brown, to discuss the importance of STEM education in the United States, what trends we have seen over the past year, and what to expect in 2015.

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