Education reform.
STARTALK, administered by the National Foreign Language Center at
the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to: - University of Maryland, College Park, a research-extensive and flagship university; when the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to this school
College Park, and financed through the
Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, aims to expand foreign-language instruction in languages
such as Arabic and Chinese that are not traditionally taught in U.S.
schools. The program awards grants to K-12 programs that can feed into
college or university programs. This summer, 770 teachers participated.
(Aug. 1)
The National Governors Association (NGA), under the leadership of
Governor Janet Napolitano Janet Napolitano (b. November 29, 1957) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, originally elected in 2002, and re-elected in 2006. She is Arizona's third female governor, and the first female to win re-election. (D-AZ), is creating a new foundation and task
force promoting the work of American innovators and encouraging
innovation. The task force will help states begin to benchmark their
education systems against international best practices. Napolitano also
unveiled an interactive Web site from the NGA and Scholastic, Inc. In
addition, as part of Napolitano's Innovation America initiative,
NGA awarded $500,000 grants to six states to establish science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) centers. The grants are
made possible through the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is a former unit manager for several Microsoft products: Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. Foundation and the Intel Foundation. (July 2007)
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