Education
Virginia Takes Lead in Net Safety Education
May 5, 2008 | According to The Washington Post, Virginia is taking the lead in promoting Internet safety education by incorporating online safety lessons Read More
Bill Gates' Visit to Capitol Hill
Mar 13, 2008 | During his testimony yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science and Technology, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, Read More
Companies Creating Home-Grown Engineers?
Mar 6, 2008 | There's an interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about the lengths some companies are going to here in the Read More
New Data on CS Majors; Start of H-1B Season
Mar 5, 2008 | Data from the Computing Research Association (CRA) indicates that the number of undergraduates majoring in computer science at North American Read More
Program Uses Mobile Phones To Teach Math
Feb 4, 2008 | Qualcomm founder and chairman Dr. Irwin Jacobs was on CNBC earlier today talking about his company's $1 million investment in Read More
Gravel's Take on Tech
Dec 9, 2007 | TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has released a transcript of his fifth presidential candidate interview -- this time, he spoke with Read More
Debating Workforce, H-1B Issues in Iowa
Dec 6, 2007 | Even though Iowa may not have a reputation as a hot bed for tech policy issues, according to Computerworld, some Read More
Barack Obama's Take on Tech
Nov 26, 2007 | A week after publishing his Q&A with former Sen. John Edwards, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has published the transcript of an Read More
Teaching Copyright to Kids
Nov 20, 2007 | The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents the video game publishing industry, has developed an educational program called Join the Read More
John Edwards' Take On Tech
Nov 19, 2007 | TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has published his latest presidential candidate Q&A -- this one with Democratic contender John Edwards. As we've done Read More
Cisco Bets Big on China
Nov 1, 2007 | Cisco Systems has announced that it is significantly stepping up its investment in China as part of a "multi-year innovation Read More
Editorial: Education Shortage is a Myth
Oct 26, 2007 | Improving math and science education has been a core issue for U.S. tech companies who see a need for more Read More
Congress Passes Competitiveness Bill
Aug 3, 2007 | Congress has voted in favor of competitiveness legislation that many tech industry associations have been backing. Both the House and Read More
Education Outsourcing?
Jul 16, 2007 | Esther Dyson, whose Release 0.9 blog is available at The Huffington Post, published a post yesterday called "Outsourcing Man Bites Read More
Follow-up Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jun 15, 2007 | In conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, researchers from Duke University and UC Berkeley have published a follow-up report Read More
New Report Assesses R and D Growth
Jan 25, 2007 | According to The Wall Street Journal, a new research report by Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D magazine predicts a "small Read More
Science and Tech Chair Reintroduces Education/Energy Bills
Jan 12, 2007 | The House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced the re-introduction of several pieces of legislation from Read More
IBM Announces University Collaboration
Dec 14, 2006 | In today's New York Times, Steve Lohr writes about a new collaboration between IBM and a group of seven U.S. Read More
Brain Drain or Brain Circulation?
Aug 30, 2006 | As part of its Newsmakers series, News.com published a Q & A today with the Dean of UC Berkeley's School Read More
E-Learning Hit By Patent Dispute
Aug 28, 2006 | An interesting article in BusinessWeek describes the controversy surrounding a patent awarded to e-learning software provider Blackboard Inc. earlier this Read More
What's Immigration Got to Do with It?
May 3, 2006 | With the immigration debate heating up in Congress and last Monday's protests in cities around the country, the question of Read More
