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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"Educate to Innovate": How the Obama Plan for STEM Education Falls Short. Backgrounder. No. 2504
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Burke, Lindsey M.; McNeill, Jena Baker – Heritage Foundation, 2011
President Obama's Educate to Innovate initiative has provided billions in additional federal funding for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs across the country. The Administration's recognition of the importance of STEM education-- for global competitiveness as well as for national security--is good and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Federal Programs, Educational Change, Federal Aid
A New Approach to Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education. Backgrounder No. 2259
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Lips, Dan; McNeill, Jena Baker – Heritage Foundation, 2009
The authors express reservations about additional federal funding for the National Science Foundation, including new funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs, provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. For more than 50 years, American political, business, military, and academic leaders…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Engineering Education, Science Education, Mathematics Education