STEM Resources

The following reports are among the many STEM-related reports recently produced by organizations, coalitions, commissions and businesses:

“The National Innovation Initiative Final Report. Innovate America: Thriving in a World of Challenge and Change.” The Council on Competitiveness. http://www.compete.org/
“A Commitment to America’s Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics & Science Education.” Business-Higher Education Forum. http://www.bhef.com/MathEduReport-press.pdf
“Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Engergizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.” The National Academies. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html
“Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative.” The Business Roundtable. http://www.businessroundtable.org/pdf/20050803001TAPfinalnb.pdf
Before It’s Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or http://www.ed.gov/americacounts/glenn
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.

Info from: Alliance for Education: STEM

"Why is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education so important and what must we do? The global economy has "flattened" the world in terms of skills and technology. A new workforce of problem-solvers, innovators, and inventors who are self-reliant and able to think logically is one of the critical foundations that drive a state economy's innovation capacity. State K-12 (kindergarten through grade 12) education systems, with the support of postsecondary education, the business sector, foundations, and governments, must ensure that 1) all students graduate from high school with the necessary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competencies to become this workforce; and 2) a greater number of students graduate from high school as potential professionals in STEM fields." - National Governors’ Association