| Description |
Link |
Education and Training for the Information Technology Workforce:
|
Report to Congress From the Secretary of Commerce: April 2003
Local Copy
Original
Link |
| Lauren's
Computer Activity Book
|
A Velsoft Computer Manual for Children (and Adults) includes
coloring pages [PDF] |
| "Learning
for the Future: Changing the Culture of Math and Science Education
to Ensure a Competitive Workforce" |
Released by the Committee For Economic Development (CED),
a business group, focused on three issues: lack of interest
in scientific and technological careers among young people,
poor quality of coursework, and inadequate teacher training.
Recommendations included:
- greater attention from the higher education community
to promoting and supporting, high quality curriculum and
programs in K-12;
- collaboration and support from the business community
to both K-12 and higher education efforts to improve science
and technological literacy;
- public and private support for teacher professional development.
[PDF]
|
| "Maintaining
a Strong Engineering Workforce" , a study by the ACT |
Reported:
- a drop in the number of high school seniors planning
to study engineering, from 9 percent in 1992 to 6 percent
in 2002;
- a decrease in the percentage of students interested in
engineering who had taken college preparatory courses in
high school;
- a drop in the number of female ACT test takers considering
engineering careers;
- a gap between aspirations of racial/ethnic minority test
takers, as indicated by expressed interest in engineering,
and their relevant preparation with more than basic coursework.
[PDF]
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| Science and
Engineering Indicators 2004 |
National Science Foundation, May 04 Report:. Current report
on the health of US technology workforce and industry, IT trends,
IT skills needs for all students etc. |
| TILT |
Literacy Skills tutorial (free--sign in as guest) |
| Velsoft
Computer Activites for all ages |
Various PDFs |
