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In response to the Russian Sputnik Satellite, Dwight D. Eisenhower challenged Americans to begin to lead in respect to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Click here to see how the Space Race changed American education.
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John F. Kennedy propelled American Science programs, leading to the landing of the first person on the moon.
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American education continued to push Science programs and education.
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National Science Education Standards and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics created classroom standards to guide curriculum. SMET was created by The National Science Foundation.
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The National Science Foundation changed the acronym from SMET to STEM. The governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano, created the STEM Agenda for the U.S. This led to the creation of STEM councils for individual states.
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No Child Left Behind law was established to lower competitiveness within schools. The schools were now responsible for their student’s academic proficiency.
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U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, also known as “Rise Above the Gathering Storm", stated that U.S. students were falling behind other countries.
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President Obama announced the Educate to Innovate initiative: to increase U.S. students’ proficiency in STEM over the next 10 years.
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The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve worked together to rewrite science standards and curriculum in the United States. This became the Next Generation Science Standards.
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The STEM Education Act was established, adding computer science to the definition of STEM fields. This also provided more advanced training programs for teachers. Click here to find which STEM job may suit you the best.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) U.S. law passed, replacing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and modified provisions to the standardized tests given to students. This now governs the United States K–12 public education policy.
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The Inspire Act is signed by President Trump. This requires NASA to encourage women to pursue careers in STEM fields.
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U.S. Department of Education Advances Trump Administration's STEM Investment Priorities. The department announced that it invested nearly $540 million to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Of that total, there was almost $100 million in funds to support projects with a focus on Computer Science.
