Heading to Innovate+Educate’s annual board meeting in Dallas, Texas, (aisle to window)—Dr. Tom Ryan (CEO, Education 360), Jamai Blivin (Innovate+Educate) and Jami Grindatto (Director, Corporate Affairs, Southwest Region, Intel) gave new meaning to high-level thinking. Discussing the year in review and looking ahead to 2012, this 30,000 foot meeting perfectly captured for me the reason for Innovate+Educate’s existence…industry on one side, education on the other, and Innovate+Educate serving as a bridge to connect the two for deeper partnerships that leads to educational transformation.
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 12/12 at 09:15 AM
Last week, Jamai Blivin, the CEO of Innovate+Educate, contributed an opinion piece for the Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF) blog. BHEF is the nation's oldest organization of senior business and higher education executives dedicated to advancing innovative solutions to U.S. education and workforce challenges. Composed of Fortune 500 CEO's, prominent college and university presidents and other leaders, BHEF addresses issues fundamental to our global competitiveness. Jamai's article, "STEM Means Jobs" emphasizes
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 12/09 at 10:58 AM
It is with great excitement we announce the launch of STEMconnector.org a one-stop STEM resource with more than 300 corporate profiles, 1,236 associations and professional societies, all 50 states and much much more. Innovate+Educate is a proud partner of STEMconnector and has spent the past six months collecting all the state snapshot profiles that you can search on STEMconnector.org.
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 11/30 at 12:00 PM
News
At Innovate+Educate we believe that conversation leads to action. To that end, we have redesigned both the look and content of our blog in the hopes of stimulating dialogue that leads to innovative ideas and ultimately action. Each month our blog will feature the following recurring columns:
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 11/30 at 10:00 AM
Let’s ask kids to try so hard they fail during school, and then let’s ask them to do it again after school. If this sounds disturbing to you, then I urge you to take a closer look at the connection between the learning process and how we foster students’ innovative problem-solving skills. Innovation is about thinking differently, so we can develop creative solutions to problems and new inventions that improve lives. This innovation process fuels economic growth and keeps the U.S. globally competitive.
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 11/30 at 09:59 AM
Guest Blog
Unemployment in the U.S. is at its highest since the mid-80’s, college graduates are struggling to find jobs in their respective fields, and the so-called ‘American Dream’ is slipping farther out of reach. Yet, there are 3.2 million available jobs in this country in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Right now. Today. This moment.
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 11/30 at 09:57 AM
News
WASHINGTON, DC — October 18, 2011— U.S. News & World Report together with Innovate + Educate, STEMconnector™, and over 40 key organizations representing industry and education, will hold a major national event to focus policymakers and the public on the critical shortage of STEM skills in the American workforce. The three-day session called STEM Summit 2012 convenes at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel on June 27, 28, and 29 and will explore solutions and successes in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) as the pathways to jobs.
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Posted by Amy Schilling on 10/18 at 09:24 AM
Events
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