Montana's 21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

If his professor asks the students to follow along in the textbook, he taps his iPad, opens a digital copy and quickly lands at the right place without thumbing through any pages.

There’s a lot of ground to make up.

The result is a free online course, How to Learn Math, for K-12 teachers and parents that aims to help them improve students’ engagement with math, as well as help teachers prepare to implement the new Common Core standards.

The document
presents five priority STEM education
investment areas where a coordinated Federal strategy can
be developed, over five years, designed to lead
to major improvements in key areas.

With the national economy now out of
crisis, we have an opportunity to refocus
our attention on improving outcomes for
the next generation.

College graduation rates in the United States are continuing to slip behind

By interacting with a full range of peers, students with delayed skills can learn a huge amount from classmates.

Preschool funding increased in many states in the 2012-2013 school year (fiscal year 2013) according to recent findings from the Education Commission of the States.

Throughout the day, participants asked a common question: How can we get better at telling our story? Good answers came from elected officials, advocates and child care providers.

"To ensure the nation’s workforce is competitive in the global market, we need to raise the bar for student success," said Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. "Too many students are falling short. We must do all we can to ensure that every child is getting the strong start to their education that they need and deserve."