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STEM News
Bayer Corporation
A new report from Bayer Corporation is a compilation of 15 years of public opinion research surveys, which have taken the pulse of American attitudes about timely issues related to STEM education and more recently the hot topics diversity and under-representation.
The Huffington Post
Wendy Pollack, director of the Women's Law and Policy Project at the Shriver Center, writes in The Huffington Post that "women are discouraged, whether explicitly or implicitly, from entering STEM careers" and offers promising practices to reverse this trend.
CollegeWeekLive
Attend STEM/Health Sciences Day; a free, online event from 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. EDT; and learn what top college STEM programs have to offer, chat with college students majoring in STEM or health sciences and gain advice on making the most of your STEM education. View the agenda and register. |
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Around the PLTW Network
Project lead The Way
 Four teams of PLTW students took home awards this past weekend on the final day of the 2012 VEX Robotics World Championship Competition in Anaheim, Calif.
Odessa American
 Ector County Independent School District is reversing "an old-school mentality" about technical education by preparing students for STEM majors in college.Peabody Energy
 Cory Cooper, who teaches PLTW courses at Washington High School, was recently honored with a Peabody Energy Leaders in Education award.Falcon School District 49
 Competing against college students, Danville High School placed second in the class projects division at the University of Illinois' Engineering Open House.Anderson 1 & 2 Career and Technology Center
 When the PLTW STEM education program was established at the Anderson 1 & 2 Career and Technology Center, instructors also decided to establish a robotics team.
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