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News Coverage August 2007

August 29, 2007 - Education Week – “Candidates Urged to Back STEM Initiatives”
The idea of promoting economic “competitiveness” through education proved to be a hit on Capitol Hill this summer when lawmakers, in a rare show of bipartisanship, passed legislation that calls for billions of dollars in new spending on school mathematics and science programs. Now, business leaders and others who backed that proposal are turning their attention to the 2008 presidential race and urging candidates in both parties to make prosperity through education a core piece of their platforms.

August 16, 2007 – New York Times - Business and Science to Join in Taking a River’s Pulse
Environmentalists and big corporations often end up in open conflict because they do not see eye to eye on whether a natural resource like a river should be protected or exploited. But the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, a scientific research organization, and I.B.M., the computer giant, plan to come together in this old waterfront town on Thursday to announce a bold collaboration combining innovative technology with marine biology expertise to create a world-class center for river research. Their joint project will create a system of sensors to provide 24-hour-a-day monitoring of conditions in the 315-mile Hudson River as it flows from the Adirondack Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.

August 15, 2007 – New York Times - Astronaut Teaches in Space, and Lesson Is Bittersweet
Barbara R. Morgan got back to teaching yesterday. The students were in Idaho; she was in space, orbiting aboard the International Space Station. The lesson was just over 20 minutes, but it was supposed to make up for more than 20 years, and it had a bittersweet air for those who knew the history. The last time NASA tried to send a teacher into space, Christa McAuliffe in 1986, the shuttle Challenger broke up 73 seconds into the flight, killing all seven crew members. Ms. Morgan, a teacher from Idaho who was Ms. McAuliffe’s backup, was at Kennedy Space Center, watching. The event yesterday was the culmination of a summer of space-related activities at the Discovery Center of Idaho, in Boise. Ms. Morgan, who is now what the space agency calls an educator astronaut, told the students that being an astronaut was not so different from being a teacher, at least in some ways. “We explore, we discover and we share,” she said. And both “are absolutely wonderful jobs.”

August 9, 2007 -The Daily News Journal, "Gordon’s Competitiveness Bill is Signed into law by President"
President George W. Bush today signed into law Rep. Bart Gordon’s legislation to improve math and science education and foster energy research to help secure U.S. competitiveness. The America COMPETES Act is designed to ensure that U.S. students, teachers, businesses and workers are prepared to continue leading the world in innovation, research and technology. “This will help us keep American jobs on our shores by making sure we have the most skilled workforce in the world,” said Gordon, chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology.

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