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STEM Magazine, July Issue
Students Get Hands-On Training in Drone Technology
A California-based nonprofit is planning to invest up to $1 million to bring a high-tech learning lab to the Coleman A. Young International Airport, where Detroit students and the public can get hands-on training in the hot field of drone technology.
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Museum of Science, Boston Awarded 100Kin10 Fellowship
Four employees from the Museum of Science's National Center for Technological Literacy® have been selected to participate as a team in the 100Kin10 Fellowship Program. The new grant-making effort is designed to address a critical need in the nation's schools--the lack of engineering-related programs for K-12 students. Read more here National Science Board Honors Three with Top Science Awards James Duderstadt, The American Museum of Natural History, and The National Center for Technological Literacy all received National Science Board awards last week. Read more here Two Professions, One Viewpoint Are teachers like doctors? The information in this article stems primarily from the experience of Mike, an oncologist who is now a high school teacher with a strong positive argument for enabling doctors and other experienced professionals to become teachers. Read more here Reingold Hiring STEM Educators Reingold is searching for teachers and other experts to revise and create written classroom activities that will help K-12 teachers incorporate statistical information and data into their existing lessons. Read more here Nation's Brightest Seeks Applicants for Game Show 
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We are pleased to welcome FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to the Coalition's Leadership Council. FIRST was founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 as a means to show students of every age that science, technology, and problem-solving are not only fun and rewarding, but are proven paths to successful careers and a bright future for us all.
For the first time since 2001, the U.S. Senate Thursday passed a sweeping overhaul of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the country's federal K-12 law, which if enacted would significantly roll back the role of the federal government in public education and give states more flexibility in the process. 
mathematics (STEM) subjects as well as they need to be
especially tenuous. There are thousands of young men like DeAndre in urban cities across the country, who are STEM high-achievers and have the potential to succeed as STEM professionals. However, too often they receive negative messaging about their continued success in STEM.
teaching on the faculty email lists. Since most faculty arguments about education tend to be filled with more hot air than research and evidence, I'm offering my Top Ten list of Myths About Teaching Computer Science (e.g., all statements that people have said to me) with links to the evidence supporting why I think they're false. 
