President Obama Launches Four-Year, Nationwide STEM Initiative
President Barack Obama recently launched Educate to Innovate, a campaign to partner with nonprofits and private companies to encourage K-12 students to pursue careers in science and technology. Initial partners include the MacArthur Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Time Warner Cable, Xerox, Kodak and Discovery Communications. The campaign will focus on involving students in STEM education opportunities outside of school. Read more at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/23/next-generation-innovators