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Expanding economic opportunities for women: What works?
One thing we have learned from working with developing nations over many years is that efforts to increase the economic participation of women yield tremendous positive impacts in subsequent generations. This fact is supported by decades of research of emerging economies.
Why AP Courses Matter
Guest blogger Sara Martinez Tucker, CEO of the National Math and Science Initiative, discusses how NMSI’s Comprehensive Advanced Placement Program is preparing students to excel in rigorous, college-level work.
Investing in the American workforce of the future
On Friday, ExxonMobil announced a $500,000 grant to underwrite a technology job-training program in the greater Houston area that will help develop the workers to staff a rapidly expanding petrochemical industry. This comes just a few months after prospects for a “major workforce shortage” were discussed at the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers annual meeting.
Honoring Sally Ride
We share Sally Ride’s recognition that science and engineering have the power to transform lives and address the challenges of the 21st century, from energy and information to agriculture and medicine. That’s why we were proud to work with her to promote STEM education.
Why we support the court challenge to the SEC’s misguided transparency rules
Recently a collection of NGOs urged us to disassociate ourselves from a legal challenge to rules implementing the international transparency provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law. Implied in the group’s request is that support for the court challenge is equivalent to opposing efforts to foster transparency. That implication is dead wrong.
On-the-scene reports from Mayflower
We are continuing to make progress in the cleanup in Mayflower, Arkansas. As we have shared with the community, we are committed to the cleanup and will be there until it is completed. I thought you might like to see a couple of videos we produced for the community that reinforce that commitment and highlight…
