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No Excuses: We Need 100 Percent High School Graduation
Tweet Share on Facebook May 31, 2012 CommentDr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is the founder of the LEAP University Academy Charter School, which has a STEM curriculum, in Camden, N.J. She is also a Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Next month, high schools across America will hold their graduation ceremonies--except for an alarmingly high number of students who will not earn their diplomas.
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U.S. News Ranks Top 250 STEM High Schools
Tweet Share on Facebook May 30, 2012 CommentOnce again, High Technology High School in New Jersey tops the list of U.S. News's Best High Schools for STEM.
The New Jersey vocational school has a knack for churning out high-performers in science, technology, engineering, and math: Over the last few years, its students have placed well at competitions sponsored by Intel and Siemens and scored an average of 2149 on the SAT, and the school has put all of its graduates into a four-year university.
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Employers Need Veterans' Tech Skills, So None Should Be Jobless
Tweet Share on Facebook May 29, 2012 CommentDr. Mel Schiavelli is president of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania and a charter member of the Manufacturing Institute's Education Council. Founded in 2001, Harrisburg University is the only STEM-focused comprehensive university between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
I was saddened recently by some sobering statistics about our returning military veterans, who are experiencing some of the worst unemployment in our history. While the overall number stands at 7.5 percent for all veterans, the numbers are even worse for our post-9/11 vets at 9.1 percent, while our youngest returning veterans, those 18 to 24, are suffering from a disgraceful 20.2 percent unemployment rate (the national unemployment rate for this age group is only 15.8 percent by comparison).
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In Sputnik Moment for STEM, U.S. Must Train More, Better Teachers
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 CommentHouston, we have a problem. America's well-traveled path of excellence in science, technology, engineering, and math--which put a man on the moon, led the biotechnology revolution, and transformed the way the world connects and communicates--is no longer leading us where we need to go. Education in these fields, known collectively as the STEM subjects, is not adequately preparing today's students to solve our most pressing challenges and extend our rich history of success and global leadership through the 21st century.
And yet we are a country bursting with creativity and ingenuity. The most globally recognized names in STEM achievement and education are American-born companies and institutions.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Media's 'Dangerous Lessons' Trick Children to Pursue Rap, Ignore School
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 Comment (6)After a storied career as the NBA’s leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is taking a different path as an author and advocate for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. His new children’s book, What Color Is My World? The Lost History of African-American Inventors, tells the tales of people who were leaders in their fields but who largely never received acclaim. Jamai Blivin, CEO of Innovate+Educate, a nonprofit aimed at aligning STEM education and workforce needs (which is co-sponsoring the upcoming STEM Solutions 2012 summit with U.S. News), recently spoke with Abdul-Jabbar about his new role and what can be done to help children achieve the American Dream.
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STEM Experts to Speak in Virtual Town Hall Wednesday
Tweet Share on Facebook May 2, 2012 Comment (1)Wednesday at 2 p.m., STEM experts will discuss workforce planning in an online town hall meeting being hosted by U.S. News & World Report partner STEMconnector.
Scheduled speakers include Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, Rick Stephens, an executive at Boeing, Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, U.S. News & World Report Editor Brian Kelly, and officials from NASA, the Kellogg Corporation and the National Science Foundation.
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Advanced Placement math and science courses provide rigorous training for college, and these 250 schools excel in preparing students with technical skills.
U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame
Richard B. Alley
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences Penn State
Mary L. Good
Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Economic Development University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
President University of Maryland--Baltimore County
Tom Luce
Chairman National Math + Science Initiative
Ray Mellado
Chairman & CEO Great Minds in STEM
