ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
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STEM
 How Thinking in Pictures Provides Perspective - Here what Temple Grandin had to say at the 2011 ECS National Forum on Education Policy about what matters most to helping all kids succeed....
STEM Performance  PDF - This issue of The Progress of Education Reform identifies promising and research-based approaches for enhancing student interest and achievement in STEM disciplines, including approaches that come with a smaller state-budget price tag. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, February 2011)...
High School-Level STEM Initiatives - This database provides information on a variety of state efforts intended to increase student interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in grades 9-12. (Kyle Zinth, Education Commission of the States, June 2008)...
The Progress of Education Reform - Secondary STEM Education PDF - The next generation of Americans will likely require a solid grounding in mathematics and science for their creativity to be maximized in a world increasingly dependent on technological advances for prosperity and security. As the majority of Americans do not earn a postsecondary degree, it is essential that students be given this solid grounding during the elementary and secondary years. (Kyle Zinth, Education Commission of the States, July 2008)...
Recent State STEM Initiatives  MS Word PDF - The increasingly globalized economy means that the United States is facing more competition as other nations increase their skills in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects, areas key to success in a high-tech world. Many state leaders, perceiving the importance of improved STEM education to their economies, have recently begun to take action. This ECS StateNote provides examples of action that 17 states have taken recently that explicitly include all of the STEM subjects in one initiative. (Kyle Zinth, Education Commission of the States, Updated March 2007)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: STEM - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
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