{Change the Equation} Now November Newsletter

Two major pieces of news about STEM education reinforce the need to change the equation for America’s young people: the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and a new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Taken together, they should give us a new sense of hope and a greater sense of urgency.  Read more >

Linda P. Rosen
CEO
Change the Equation

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STEMtistic℠

Engine of Opportunity

5.3 percent of STEM workers were unemployed in 2010. The unemployment rate among non-STEM workers was 10 percent.  Read more >

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What’s Happening at CTEq

Attention STEM data junkies! Beginning this month, you’ll find intriguing stats in STEMtistic^SM on the Change the Equation website almost every day. In December, we’ll be previewing some critical data from our Vital Signs reports on the condition of STEM learning in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. And if you’re available on Nov. 16, you’re invited to the CTEq STEM Salon, which we’re hosting for National Center on Time & Learning in Washington, D.C., for the release of a new report with STEM implications. Read more >

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Point of View

Glenn A. Britt
Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable Inc.

Two years ago, Time Warner Cable launched Connect a Million Minds, a $100 million philanthropic initiative to inspire students to pursue STEM education and careers. Our commitment coincided with President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” campaign—a challenge to increase the scope and impact of private-sector and philanthropic support to improve American students’ STEM proficiency.  Read more >

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CTEq Member Spotlight: Making the Future

Cognizant is a global leader in business, technology and consulting services whose innovations and business savvy rocketed it from a startup to the Fortune 500 list, with more than $5 billion in revenues and 125,000 employees, in 17 years. That’s impressive. Equally impressive is the company’s business approach to improving STEM learning, which plays out like a textbook case of how to get it right.  Read more >

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In the News

Raytheon Company donates $2 million to expand the Museum of Science, Boston’s Engineering is Elementary® program and provide teacher training scholarships. Nearly 8 in 10 U.S. students have entrepreneurial aspirations, but inadequate education and work experience to realize their goals, according to a Gallup Student Poll. And new studies suggest that minority teachers make a bigger impact on students of color—but poor working conditions are driving these teachers out of the classroom. Read more >