Last week, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) announced that she will co-chair the bipartisan Congressional STEAM Caucus alongside Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01). Stefanik will be filling the leadership role that once was held…
In regularly promoting STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), I experience some pushback from STEM supporters. “Don’t knock STEM!” they tell me. But I’m not. If supporting STEAM is…
On Tuesday this week, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education completed its markup of the President’s FY 2015 proposed education budget. The markup included…
On Friday, May 16, 2014, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT, Politico Pro Education will host a Twitter Chat about STEM education, presented by PhRMA. According to their announcement,…
This week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified on the FY 2015 Department of Education’s budget request for the House Education and Workforce Committee. At Tuesday’s hearing, Representative Suzanne Bonamici,…
Thomas Südhof, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, said he owed his success to his bassoon teacher. Being a bassoonist, he said, “was a lot harder than being a…
