Readings & Links

“Latino Achievement in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”: A report from the Educational Testing Service on proceedings of a 2006 conference convened by Research  Professor Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. of ASU’s Hispanic Research Center. While representation of Hispanic students at the doctoral level has grown by 31 percent between 1994 and 2001, the number of Latino doctoral candidates is still in the hundreds.

Astronomy Café: An award-winning site created by a research astronomer who manages public education activities for Raytheon.

“Tough Choices or Tough Times”:  A report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce that recommends dramatic re-thinking of the structure, governance and financing of U.S. schools. See the staff and commissioned papers on the website as well as an executive summary of the commission’s final report. The full report may be ordered on-line.

“Conducting High Quality Education Research”:  An editorial by CRESMET Associate Director and Professor Tony Lawson. Lawson, A.E. (2005) International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 3(1), 1–5.

"Innovation America-Building a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Agenda": The K-12 STEM education portion of the Innovation America theme set by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, currently in a two-year term as chair of the National Governors Association. National Governors Association (2006).