Opportunity to speak to Texas Policy makers

[Andrew Schuetze]

I hear that a Lone Star regional staffer/volunteer plans on attending this presentation and I would guess that Andrew Lynch is going as well. Anybody know of other folks attending? Maybe you all can talk on the phone or talk strategy prior to the meeting(s).

APS


PS report back here afterwards with any post conference remarks.

[lynca]

Very informative session this week. Here is a script of a similar speech , Neal made earlier this year. HR 362 addresses the critical need to improve the quality of teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in our schools.

http://science.house.gov/legislation...px?NewsID=1233

Section 204
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Establishes a national panel of experts to identify and collect K–12 mathematics and science teaching materials that have been demonstrated to be effective and to recommend the development of new materials in areas where effective materials do not exist;

NSF has been authorized many millions of dollars dedicated to improving science and technology for the nation.
Hopefully FIRST Robotics will be under their consideration.

NSF has some interesting articles setup about building Math and Science
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ....d=5756&org=DUE
However I don't see any details about incorporating FIRST into their program yet.

[lynca]

Rice published a news article about the TAMEST event.

[Andrew Schuetze]

Do you see any possible next steps for FIRST teams to take as a follow up with the program?

You did an excellent job of posting links to the notes from the proceedings of the conference