Vice President Joe Biden met with the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Iraq Ad Melkert, to discuss developments in Iraq. The Vice President offered continued U.S. government support for the indispensable role of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq. Source
Amanda Simpson, believed to be the United States first openly transgender presidential appointee, had her first day on the job as senior technical adviser in the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, where she will monitor the exports of U.S. weapons technology. Source
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is informing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the agency supports issuing a Clean Water Act permit for the Hobet 45 mine in Lincoln County, operated by Hobet Mining, LLC. The EPA made this decision after extensive discussions between EPA and the company resulted in additional significant protections against environmental impacts. Source
Day348/Jan6th/Wednesday: The President met with U.S. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and House of Representatives Committee Chairs in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
The President honored, in the East Room of the White House, educators from across the country for awards received for excellence in mathematics and science teaching and mentoring in his second "Educate to Innovate" campaign event for excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education. The President announced "five new public-private partnerships that will use proven models to prepare more than 10,000 new math and science teachers over the next five years" and will support the professional development of more than 100,000 current teachers in STEM fields. Transcript Video
The five new public-private partnerships:
Intel's Science and Math Teachers Initiative: Intel will launch a ten-year, $200 million cash and in-kind campaign to support teaching in math and science. Intel will provide training to more than 100,000 U.S. math and science teachers over the next three years, with elementary school teachers participating in an intensive 80-hour professional development math course and teachers receiving new web-based instruction and collaboration tools, including targeted professional development for science teachers. This teacher training, which is currently available to teachers in four states, will be available to school districts in all 50 states at no cost to the teachers. Intel will also commit to its employees achieving 100,000 annual volunteer hours, with an emphasis on improving STEM education, and will maintain its support for Intel Science Search and the Intel Science Fair, which reach 600,000 students per year.
Expansion of the National Math and Science Initiative's UTeach Program: The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) will announce, in a partnership that brings together companies, foundations (e.g., Texas Instruments Foundation), states (e.g., Tennessee) and federal agencies, a major expansion of the "UTeach" program that will prepare more than 4,500 undergraduates in STEM subjects to be new math and science teachers by 2015, and 7,000 by 2018. The UTeach program produces teachers with deep content expertise, by enabling science and math undergraduates to concurrently receive a teaching certificate.
Public University Presidents Commit to Train 10,000 Math and Science Teachers Annually by 2015: In a letter to President Obama, the presidents of more than 75 major public universities are committing to collectively prepare 10,000 science and math teachers annually by 2015.
The PBS Innovative Educators Challenge: PBS and its 356 partner stations, in collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association, will launch a multi-year STEM initiative to dramatically expand the PBS teacher community, provide a platform for sharing effective teaching practices, and inspire the next generation of teacher-leaders.PBS will sponsor an annual competition called the "Innovative Educators Challenge" to highlight 50 outstanding teachers each year.
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships in Math and Science: The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation will announce a major expansion of its program, which provides future math and science teachers with a Master's degree in education and places them in difficult-to-staff middle and high school, using a model very similar to Teaching Residency Programs. This program will train 120 math and science teachers per year in Michigan and 700 over the next three years in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Source
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