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Earlier this week, Congressman John Kline, the Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, convened a hearing to discuss the increasing need for a reauthorized and revamped Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.聽 First passed by Congress in 1984, the Perkins Act authorizes federal funds to supplement state and local investments in what was then known as vocational education, [...]
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This week鈥檚 House and Senate vote on a short-term deal to re-open the government and extend the federal debt ceiling was the symbolic equivalent of a stroke victim taking his first few tentative yet positive steps in rehab.聽 It鈥檚 not a perfect metaphor to describe the legislative paralysis that has gripped Washington, but it works when we think about what Congress needs to do going forward.聽 With congressional [...]
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Last week, Representative Tony C谩rdenas, D-Calif., introduced legislation that would redouble the nation鈥檚 focus on computer science.聽 The legislation, the Computer Science in STEM Act of 2013 (H.R. 2982), would redefine STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in the COMPETES Act of 2010 to include computer science; establish grant programs for both K-12 schools and institutions of higher [...]
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This spring, my 9-year-old son decided he wanted to play Little League baseball, which means he'll now be facing a big transition in hitting expectations. At this level, all players are expected to hit live pitching. Throughout my son's youth baseball experience, he has advanced through a number of different skills stages - from hitting off the tee to coach pitching and now to live batting. And while [...]
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Earlier this month a bipartisan group of members in the House of Representatives introduced HR 2536, the Computer Science Education Act (CSEA).聽 The CSEA is a modest and rather innocuous proposal that would redefine computer science as a 鈥渃ore academic subject鈥� in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.聽 In the simplest terms, this means that federal funds could be used to support the teaching [...]
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At the same time that the United States Senate was beginning its debate on S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform bill, human resource (HR) executives from some of our nation鈥檚 most innovative technology companies 鈥� Adobe, Broadcom, CA Technologies, Dell, EMC, Intel, Motorola Solutions, Teradata, and Texas Instruments 鈥� came to Washington to meet with policymakers and make tech鈥檚 case for immigration [...]
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On June 4, Texas Instruments chairman, president, & CEO Rich Templeton gave the keynote address at a National Academy of Sciences鈥� (NAS) event hosted by the University of Texas System at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.聽 The event coincided with the release of a recent NAS study entitled, 鈥淩esearch Universities and the Future of America.鈥澛� The study identified ten steps to both [...]
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This week, 91pro视频, will unveil the latest iteration of its STEM book, Moving Education Forward:聽 Strengthening STEM in Today鈥檚 Classrooms, spotlighting many of our member companies that are making serious investments to help build the skills America鈥檚 students and workers need to succeed in the 21st century workplace. The 91pro视频 publication promises to be an excellent resource detailing the high-tech industry鈥檚 [...]
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After many weeks, when the focus of those of us deeply involved in skilled immigration reform has been on the U.S. Senate, our attention today shifts to the U.S. House of Representatives, where Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and other members of Congress have introduced a good piece of legislation that will serve as a starting point for reform in that chamber. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants [...]
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When the leader of the free world walks through a door, it is usually the audience that is in a bit of awe.聽 But today, when President Obama visited the Applied Materials campus in Austin, Tex., the tables were turned.聽 After touring the facility and seeing the chip assembly facility and the precision with which the team there works, the president seemed genuinely impressed. 聽 It was incredible.聽 [I [...]
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