Iowa has been handed an opportunity for "nation" status on the highly regarded Organization for Economic Cooperative Development (OECD) Test thanks to Innovate + Educate and six intrepid high schools. STEM Council leaders were approached by the national STEM organization Innovate + Educate last fall to participate in a four-state collaborative to bring the OECD Test to high achieving schools of each state. Funded through a grant from the Kern Foundation, Iowa is joined by Illinois, Minnesota and Tennessee in identifying partner schools that will...  

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An enthusiastic group of 99 educators logged in on Tuesday, January 28, for an online webinar where the first of several trainings began for the Microsoft IT Academy. Sixty- two additional trainees jumped online Thursday for further training as Iowa teachers show their clear excitement and eagerness for information technology curriculum in the classroom. 

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When considering what makes Iowa an international player in the global market, the first answer could be agriculture. Today, students in Iowa have access to a unique program centered on just that called the Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE).  In the last two years, the Governor's STEM Advisory Council has chosen CASE as one of the top Scale-Up programs to feature across Iowa for STEM content and relevance in the classroom.

Students are engaged in content ranging from animal sciences to biotechnology...