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On Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. EST, please join John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Sally Ericsson from the Office of Management and Budget, for a conference call to discuss the science, technology, innovation, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education components of the President’s FY 2013 Budget.

The STEM Education Coalition is advocating aggressively for a strong STEM focus in the House version of the ESEA reauthorization bill, which could see action in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce as early as next week. 

Some very important STEM related items to note today as we wrap up 2011 and look ahead to 2012. For additional updates, make sure to check us out on Twitter @StemEdCoalition. 

The STEM Education Coalition is gathering information on state developments in STEM education.  Please take a few moments and tell us what you know about what’s going on in STEM education in your state. 

The Math and Science Partnership program, funded out of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is the only dedicated STEM education program at the Department of Education. 

Computer Science Education Week 2011 is a Call to Action to raise awareness about computer science education and computing careers. We want to give you some ideas of what you can do to support CSEdWeek!

After months of prodding from President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, it looks like Congress is finally getting around to reworking the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, more popularly known as No Child Left Behind, the much-maligned law that has governed K-12 education since it went into effect in early 2002.

As the federal government grapples with how to address the $1.5 trillion federal deficit, the Coalition is trying to collect reports, studies, and articles addressing how federal STEM programs are measuring their effectiveness.  If you know of any such resources, please post links to them or references here. 

Just before the end of the 111th Congress, we recieved the following letter from House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon:

Just before the end of the 111th Congress, we recieved the following letter from House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon:

Just a quick note to visit our new and improved (and yes, updated!) website at www.stemedcoalition.org.

A very busy week for STEM and STEM education related news and information. For your review this lovely Friday afternoon:

Today (July 12, 2010) the National Research Council (NRC) Board on Science Education released a draft conceptual framework for new science education standards.

Reminder that our meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the American Chemical Society offices,.

Two very important items and reminders.

As you may have heard, the House did approve the FY2010 budget for the Department of Education late last month. Thanks to Rep Rush Holt an amendment to increase the Math and Science Partnership program funding by $5 million was included by Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Chairman Obey in the final bill, and did pass the House. Rep. Vernon Ehlers was also instrumental in this development.

Three items for your consideration today.

September has been a very busy month and we wanted to update you on a number of announcements, events, etc.

We wanted to send out a couple of additional information items and also to pass along an update on recent Presidential activities on STEM education from Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy – see email at bottom.