“But I think all of you understand it will take far more than the work of government. It will take all of us. It will take all of you. And so today I want to challenge you to use your love and knowledge of science to spark the same sense of wonder and

excitement in a new generation.”

--President Obama, speaking to the National Academy of Science, April 27th, 2009

President Obama Addresses National Academy of Sciences

Time Warner Cable’s “Connect a Million Minds” CampaignDiscovery Communications’ “Be the Future” Campaign

Sesame Street’s Early STEM Literacy InitiativeNational STEM Game Design Competitions

National Lab DayIntel’s Science and Math Teachers Initiative

Expansion of the National Math and Science Initiative’s UTeach ProgramPublic University Presidents Commit to Train 10,000 Math and Science Teachers Annually by 2015

The PBS Innovative Educators ChallengeWoodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships in Math and Science

NASA’s “Summer of Innovation” Enrichment ProgramDepartment of Education’s Teacher InitiativesInitiatives announced on September 16, 2010:

Change the Equation Youth Inspired Challenge with 350 science centers and science museums

Transforming Libraries and Museums into 21st Century Learning LabsNational STEM Video Game Challenge

Raytheon’s New STEM Tool for State Policymakers.National Math Science Initiative’s (NMSI) To Assist Military Families

Nature Publishing’s “Bridge to Science” Program for Parents and ScientistsHP Efforts to Bring Passions of Scientists and Engineers into Classrooms

Educate to Innovate Programs

Astronomy Night, Science Fair, PAEMST 2009 @ WH

Change the Equation

PCAST Recommendations

PCAST report recommendations---

Recruit and train 100,000 great STEM teachers over the next decade who are able to prepare and inspire students;

Recognize and reward the top 5 percent of the Nation’s STEM teachers, by creating a STEM master teachers corps;

Create 1,000 new STEM-focused schools over the next decade;

Use technology to drive innovation, in part by creating an advanced research projects agency—modeled on the famously innovative Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—for education;

Create opportunities for inspiration through individual and group experiences outside the classroom;

Support the current state-led movement for shared standards in math and science.

ESEA and STEM Ed

Administration Blueprint for ESEA released in March 2009 The Administration’s FY 2011 Budget aligns federal education

funding with the Administration key priorities in the ESEA Blueprint (including three stimulus programs: RTTT, I3, and SIGs). Consolidates (eliminates) 38 K-12 programs into 11 new funding streams. Most would go as competitive grants to states

For STEM: The President wants to eliminate the Math and Science Partnerships at ED where every state gets funding and instead create Effective Teaching and Learning for a Complete Education STEM program, funded at $300m. This program would provide competitive grants to states for STEM programs, mostly centered on mathematics programs.

Clear from language in the ESEA blueprint that science will not be a priority under a new accountability system

STEM Education Coalition Positions on ESEA

Include Science in the Accountability System. Science scores should be a required component of a school/state accountability system.

Expand and Strengthen State Grants for STEM Initiatives. The grants should go to every state, not competitively awarded.

Create Effective Teachers by Dedicating Funding for Teacher Professional Development. Include a set aside for teacher professional development.

Create Effective Teachers by Providing K-8 Science and Math Coaches. Funding to districts to allow creation of more science and math coaches/specialists in early grades

Clearly Define STEM in ESEA

Education, Innovation and Competitiveness and the Budget Situation America COMPETES Act stalled in 111th

Congress – outlook is uncertain The Budget process is going to be potentially

brutal for 2010+ Involvement needed by the community – and

you

America COMPETES Act Reauthorization First passed in 2007 with

broad bipartisan support

Bolsters NSF’s educational mission in particular and S+T agencies broadly

Reauthorization awaiting Senate action, fate uncertain

Appropriations and Budget Outlook $1.5 trillion deficit will increasingly drive everything Agencies looking forced to trim budgets Administration’s budget was very positive for NSF

overall House appropriators continue to support EHR

programs This year will end with some form of Continuing

Resolution Outlook for next year hinges on Administration

support and building case with new Congress

Appropriations Picture

Agency/Program FY10 FY11 Req House Bill Senate Bill

NSF Research 5600M 6000M 5960M 5967M

NSF Education 873M 892M 958.4M 892M

NOAA Education 53.8M 20.8M ? 35.6M

NASA Education 182.5M 145.8M 205M 145.8M

ED – ESEA Title I 14.4B 14.4B 14.8B 14.9B

ED- Race to the Top $4B* 1.35B 800M 674M

ED - I3 650M* 500M 400M 250M

ED- School Improvement Grants 545M 900M ? 625M

ED – M/S Partnerships 108.5M 0 ? 108.5M

ED – Effective Teaching & Learning - STEM

0 300M ? 300M

(Source: Association of Science-Technology Centers)

The need for S+T, education community involvement Washington has become increasingly

disfunctional Legislators need to see and hear about your

issues closer to home, from their constituents Educational research is often obscure,

misunderstood by policymakers

Questions?For further information

go to or www.stemedcoalition.org

You can contact us atjpeterson@nsta.org or j_brown@acs.org