This week over at my blog, TheGatesNotes, we’re hosting Mosquito Week. It’s modeled on the Discovery Channel’s annual fear-fest, Shark Week. But compared to mosquitoes, sharks are wimps. Link>>
Bill Gates: We Need Mosquito Week More Than Shark Week
Mathematician is Ranked as the Top Job of 2014
9 out of the 10 best jobs in 2014 were in STEM fields, according to rankings from the website CareerCast. “This absolutely verifies the importance of STEM careers,” said More »
Making STEM Stick in Middle School
Middle school is a critical time to catch students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics because it is when students often decide if these fields are for them, education experts say. Link>>
Putting Veterans to Work for STEM
While veterans are leaving the military in large numbers, too few are able to find the jobs they need to successfully enter the next phase of their lives. Link>>
2014 Best High Schools for STEM Rankings Methodology
U.S. News & World Report’s fourth annual Best High Schools for STEM rankings methodology was developed by U.S. News and is based on the key principle that students at the Best High Schools for STEM More »
Obama announces $600 million in grant programs to prepare workforce for jobs
President Obama on Wednesday announced a pair of grant programs designed to bring academic institutions and businesses closer together to help prepare the American workforce for jobs that may otherwise go unfilled. Link>>
The U.S. Government Wants 6,000 New ‘Cyber Warriors’ by 2016
Hackathons Are the New Career Fairs
For those looking to score a job at a hot tech startup or a coveted spot with a tech behemoth like Facebook or Square, the job search scene has an up-and-coming competitor to the traditional career fair: hackathons. Article Link>>