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Leaders from the world of education, business, and even fashion met at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. last week for a panel discussion on how to engage schools and students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education.

Abstract: This June, the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Molecular Workbench won the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for its contribution as an innovative tool for science education.

THERE is widespread alarm in the United States about the state of our math education. The anxiety can be traced to the poor performance of American students on various international tests, and it is now embodied in George W.

THERE is widespread alarm in the United States about the state of our math education. The anxiety can be traced to the poor performance of American students on various international tests, and it is now embodied in George W.

BANGOR, Maine - The shortage of experts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is very real in Maine as it is across the United States, a fact which has led to calls for action everywhere from the White House to the Maine governor's mansion. This has led to the proliferation ...

Imagine Education builds rich, story-based math games- learning environments- where students ask questions about math with a natural curiosity that forms their relationship to the subject. Students meet math with authentic purpose, where it is embedded and contextualized in a story coherent with the content, fundamentally creating the foundation to not only math, but learning in general.

President Obama's recent declaration of an "all-of-the-above" energy policy during his State of the Union address received many cheers here at Consumer Energy Alliance. For years, our organization has advocated for a balanced energy policy that embraces a "we need it all" approach; focusing on choosing winners and losers in the energy space does little to advance a reasonable policy that allows for affordable energy now and in the future.

Lots of great programs, initiatives, and resources, including educ courses

This is a video describing a scientific process within use of systems and models. The importance of understanding these two components in science and theory is applicable toward gaining better organization. Organization is key when it comes to dissecting elaborate processes and making sense of them in order to come to conclusions from evidence.

Interactive education. For every platform. At Desmos, we let all of the devices in the classroom work together - from Interactive Whiteboards, to laptops and tablets, to smartphones. With our software, anyone can build rich content that plays in any browser, on any device.

The Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials on using the Web for education and research, written by qualified lecturers and librarians.

Words that begin with the letter "y" are called out in this short cartoon featuring a yak. (0:49) November 22, 2008 at 07:33 AM Ages: 3 - 7 License: Undetermined Explanation of Direct and Inverse variation. White board in a class setting, some interaction, engaging, several examples of increasing complexity.