Science and Math Education News: Federal Efforts

National Alliance Of State Science And Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC) Briefs of the Day

The NASSMC Briefing Service is an Internet-based information resource that provides brief, timely, crisply-formatted summaries of important mathematics, science, and technology education (MSTE) issues addressed in the national press. Through the NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) you can receive daily in your email concise summaries of major news stories related to mathematics and science education.

From sources as diverse as newspaper archives, transportation ledgers and religious observances, the researchers have amassed 150 years of lake and river ice records spanning the Northern Hemisphere.

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Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century

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The report evaluates how the United States is doing in science and technology and provides recommendations for improving our nation's prosperity.

N.M Senators Pushing Science, by Michael Coleman

The New Mexico Journal
December 16, 2005

Article detailing the efforts of Senators and Domenici encouraging President Bush 'to put presidential muscle behind legislation aimed at keeping the country at the forefront of technological innovation.'

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Senators Domenici, Bingaman, Alexander Meet with President Bush to Discuss National Academies' Augstine Report

White House Press Release
December 15, 2005

Press release details Senators Pete Domenici, Jeff Bingaman and Lamar Alexander's meeting with President George W. Bush to discuss the report, "Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a
Brighter Economic Future

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Disappearing Act; Where Have the Men Gone? No Place Good, By Michael Gurian

Washington Post
December 4, 2005; Page B01

This article that details the trend of women overtaking females in national colleges.

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