June 28, 2018
On June 25 and 26, 2018, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted a first-of-its-kind State-Federal STEM Education Summit to highlight the Administration’s commitment to STEM Education by convening stakeholders to help inform the development of the upcoming Federal 5-Year STEM Education Strategic Plan (the Plan), which is required by the America COMPETES Act of 2010. OSTP joined the National Science Foundation and 16 other Federal agencies for this two-day event. Carol O'Donnell, Director of SSEC, served on the STEM Education Panel to discuss agency resources available to states to support STEM education. Jake Steel, a White House Fellow with the Domestic Policy Council, moderated the panel discussion, which also included NASA Associate Administrator for Education Mike Kincaid, NSF Acting Assistant Director for the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Jim Lewis, U.S. Department of Education Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education Jason Botel, and U.S. Department of Labor Special Assistant Bronte Wigen.
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