[Benchmarking] Monitoring progress towards k-12 STEM education

Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Congress asked the National Science Foundation to identify methods for tracking progress toward the report’s recommendations. In response, the NRC convened the Committee on the Evaluation Framework for Successful K-12 STEM Education to take on this assignment.

[Bilingulism] Caught Between HK Two Systems

This article highlights how low-income students from ethnic-minority groups (e.g. Pakistani origin) in Hong Kong, who were studying in “Designated Schools”, were currently underserved by the Hong Kong education system.