stem

Visual Approach Helps Students Learn Math

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The importance of improving math education is increasingly urgent. America ranks 25 out of 34 industrialized nations on math tests. Tomorrow’s jobs — more than 8 million by 2018 — will require skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Cisco supports an organization, MIND Research Institute, that is using an innovative approach to improving math skills. […]

March 25, 2013

GOVERNMENT

CyberPatriot Program Showcases Future of Cybersecurity Workforce

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March 14 – 15 marked the National Finals Competition of CyberPatriot, the largest high school cyber defense competition in the United States. With students crowded around laptops, routers and clocks counting down, teams were given a business scenario. Told that they were newly hired IT professionals managing the network of a small company, they were […]