[Edu-sig] Microsoft's KPL

[Kirby Urner]

Just a footnote to signal Arthur's concerns were both timely and topical.
Grunch was indeed moving to shake things up in the education sector.  

And in PDX news of the day:  OMSI was partnering with television to make
cartoon production a featured exhibit (and implicitly a kid-friendly
recruiting exhibit -- the sciences want people too, and deserve good ones).

Kirby

Abbreviations:  OMSI = Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; PDX =
Portland, OR; Grunch = GRUNCH as in Gross Universal Cash Heist as in 'Grunch
of Giants' a book by RBF; OR = Oregon; RBF = R. Buckminster Fuller, R =
Richard.

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NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COALITIONS
News Brief #3285 Category: Business Role in Education  
TITLE: "Companies Unveil Projects to Improve Math, Science Learning"

Two major corporations are investing millions of dollars in programs
intended to improve math and science learning.

The General Electric Foundation will distribute $100 million in grants over
the next five years to raise math and science scores in up to five school
districts.

The Jefferson County, Kentucky school district is the first to receive a
$25-million grant. The district plans to use the money for a new
districtwide curriculum, additional professional development, and community
engagement efforts.

The IBM International Foundation will pay college tuition costs for up to
100 employees who want to train as math and science teachers. In order to
participate in the "Transition to Teaching" program, employees will have to
have a bachelor's degree in math or science (or a higher degree in a related
field), some teaching experience, and at least 10 years of employment at
IBM.

The U.S. Department of Labor has predicted a 51-percent increase in jobs
related to science, engineering and technology between 1998 and 2008. More
than a quarter-million secondary math and science teachers will be needed by
the 2008-09 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

SOURCE: Education Week, 28 September 2005 (p. 06)
WEBSITE: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/09/28/05ibm.h25.html

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