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Think Big. Win Big. Big Hero 6 XPrize Challenge
Fluke Connect: $1,000 Student Contest
We want future professionals to show us how they would use our newest technology on the job. We're looking for students enrolled in two and four-year colleges, universities, trade/tech schools and apprenticeship programs.
Apply here.
Webucator Announces New Student STEM ProgramAs Webucator specializes in training in the corporate world, and know how valuable these skills are. So, we've decided to make all of our self-paced courses available for free to STEM students. This includes courses on web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc), Photoshop, Dreamweaver and many others.
Read more here.
National Youth Summit Series
The National Youth Summit Series brings together some of the best and brightest students to focus on maker, healthy living, and agri-science. Designed for high school students (grades 9 - 12), the Summits provide opportunities to learn technical skills, participate in hands-on activities and workshops, learn from leaders in the field, and visit professional and academic sites.
Read more here.
TechOut LA
TechOut LA unites LA tech founders, global entrepreneurs and cutting-edge educators behind one goal: get tech into the classroom so it can get out into our global community. Experience the one-day interactive conference that celebrates tech's bright future and the innovators who will usher it in.
Find out more here.
The Topplers Domino Award
The Topplers Domino Award encourages students to "think big" by seeing how computer scientists have significantly impacted modern society. Inspiring them to see the potential they have to make a difference in the world through their future work.
Read more here.
Washington Facts: STEM Edition
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Program Coordination Planning and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). He makes it clear that what he's about to say is his own personal opinion. "When I look at what NIH could offer here [relating to science technology engineering and math (STEM)] NIH has thousands of institutions that it funds; hundreds of thousands of people are funded by NIH to do research; and it is all over the country."
Read more here.
Sagan's Quest - A Robot's Journey to the MoonThe Earthrise Space Foundation is all about Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) outreach and we want to promote STEM education using Sagan. Sagan has been designed so that while we prepare him for his trip to the moon he can teach students of all ages in the topics of robotics, space, and engineering.
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Institute sat down with EduTalk Radio to discuss STEM Education and its role in creating a better American workforce.
President Ronald Reagan, I have been following the national debate over Common Core standards. The debate is getting hotter, but not always clearer. It's time to get clarity on some things that have been badly and sometimes mischievously muddled.
governor of West Virginia, and now in the U.S. Senate as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation -- I have supported investments in science and technology, and in educating our young people in these areas. There is no better way to maintain our global leadership and economic vitality.
Strengthening Education through Research Act, which reauthorizes federal education research through the Institute of Education Sciences. 
especially women and underrepresented minorities, needlessly opt out - or are shut out - of discovering a passion or talent for one of these subjects.
has a plan to overhaul the education system if he becomes chairman of the Senate's education committee next year, starting with rewriting the divisive No Child Left Behind act and moving to create more school vouchers and deregulate higher education soon after. But his plans could go nowhere. 
schools are improving quickly, but have a long way to go before competing effectively with global peers.
