Ed Tech Leaders from Around the Globe Gather in Brazil to Launch HP Catalyst...
This week ISTE and the New Media Consortium (NMC) announced a global collaboration—the HP Catalyst Academy—designed to accelerate STEMx education, transform teaching practices and continue to close the...
View ArticleWhile World Cup Soccer and the 2016 Olympics Bring the World to Rio, CDI...
Next stop on my world tour of HP Catalyst Initiative projects is just 300 miles from São Paulo in Rio de Janeiro. Here Rodrigo Baggio, founder of the Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI), is working...
View ArticleEducating Change Agents at the University of Johannesburg
As I continue my world tour, my visit to the University of Johannesburg (UJ) sheds new light on the story of the schools in the eastern cape. My host, Jacqueline Batchelor from the education faculty,...
View ArticleGlobal Tour of STEMx Innovation Culminates in San Antonio
After my whirlwind tour of international STEMx projects, I have returned to the whirlwind of preparation for ISTE 2013 in San Antonio. You can meet the people behind the projects I had the chance to...
View ArticleHP Catalyst Academy Offers Free STEMx Courses
HP Catalyst Academy Fellow Krista Wright (on right) of Polar Bears International collaborates with HP Catalyst Executive Advisor Adele Botha at the HP Catalyst Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. If you’re a...
View ArticleKentucky governor emphasizes education investment in budget proposal
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s budget, released last week, reflects his priority to invest in schools “to keep Kentucky at the forefront of educational attainment in this nation.” For the 2014-16...
View ArticleNew Hampshire governor seeks to create a STEM task force
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan spoke of her plans to create a STEM Education Task Force in her recent State of the State Address. The task force will include a wide range of stakeholders who will...
View ArticleA long and winding road for ed tech funding
Last week was full of twists and turns in the federal appropriations process. Senate appropriators began and then halted their consideration of the fiscal year 2015 Labor-HHS-Education bill, which...
View ArticleThe relationship between STEM education and the workforce
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a study to determine the extent to which the nation’s STEM education programs align with the needs of STEM workforce, for the purposes of meeting...
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