Though this article is more than ten years old, the story of a Mars orbiter crashing because of forgetting to convert between English and metric units is a great example to use in class.
This blogger posts her lesson schedule for each of her classes (Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus) online and has links to a lot of the cool activities she does in class.
Jose Vilson is an amazing writer who tells it like it is. After reading just one paragraph you feel like your job is deaper and more meaningful than you ever imagined!
I love this article because I see so many of my students going in this direction! It talks a lot about the link between education and employment rates.
The starting salaries for college graduates is increasing. Aslo, Engineers make the most out of all recent graduates which means that math is important!