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The new administration has identified math, science, and technology education as high priorities. Increased development of STEM Schools (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) is emerging as a clear solution to the administration's priority. Already a significant movement in Texas, Ohio and elsewhere, STEM schools are an answer to preparing a globalized workforce for the 21st century. STEM schools also provide a new opportunity for previously underserved urban students and opens fields often closed to them.

The plan will address the imperatives of global competition, Cator said, but also will stress the importance of global interdependence. It will focus on ensuring effective teachers are present "in every zip code," on seamlessly bridging the gap between the wide array of technology students use outside of school and the more limited technology available to them in the classroom. She said America's ed-tech plan will promote careers in science, technology, engineering, and math--but now will add an emphasis on the arts, because, as Cator explained, creativity is essential to lifelong success in the age of technology.

Like a lot of new ideas, Media Cloud started with a long-running argument among friends. Ethan Zuckerman and a handful of his colleagues at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School found themselves in endless disputes about the mainstream media and newer digital variations. Who sets the agenda? How is public debate shaped? What topics are covered or ignored?

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