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Subject-Matter Groups Want Voice in Standards

From Education Week
June 15, 2009

Some of the country’s largest subject-matter groups are worried they will be ignored in the process of setting national academic standards that is now under way. Now, a coalition of state leaders has begun working on a separate effort to craft common academic standards.

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U.S. Chamber Supports Carnegie Report

June 11, 2009.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) today praised the findings of a report issued by the Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and Science Education.

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Michele Cahill, Commission co-chair, on C-SPAN

June 13, 2009

Michele Cahill Makes the Case for Math and Science on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.

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Science Magazine: Panel wants math and science to lead reform efforts

From Science Magazine
June 10, 2009.

An all-star cast of educational leaders gathered this morning to push for a comprehensive reform of U.S. science and math education.

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A True “Opportunity Equation”

From Eduflack
June 10, 2009.

...In releasing The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy, Carnegie provided a useful blueprint for moving our rhetorical commitment to improvement and STEM education into actionable items…

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