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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>STEM Career SmartBrief</title><description>Designed specifically for career and technical educators, STEM Career SmartBrief is a FREE, daily e-mail newsletter. By providing the latest need-to-know industry news and information, STEM Career SmartBrief saves you time and keeps you smart.&amp;nbsp;Click&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/acte/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe.</description><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/acte?sb_code=rss</link><image><url>http://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gif</url><title>STEM Career SmartBrief</title><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/acte?sb_code=rss</link></image><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>National experts debate the state of STEM</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6316E693-A8D5-4191-AA11-A8CE3DF51AD3%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6316E693-A8D5-4191-AA11-A8CE3DF51AD3%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Experts in aerospace, science and technology joined in a discussion with government, education and other fields this week to &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6316E693-A8D5-4191-AA11-A8CE3DF51AD3%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Data show increased enrollment in advanced math, science courses</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DBBC8E1C6-5DAA-419C-9752-0ECEB8585A35%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DBBC8E1C6-5DAA-419C-9752-0ECEB8585A35%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">More students are taking high-level math and science courses than two decades ago, according to a recent analysis by the Nati&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DBBC8E1C6-5DAA-419C-9752-0ECEB8585A35%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Minn. school seeks to engage families with STEM night</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D544F211C-7A90-4D4D-B1B6-B3BC825990B0%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D544F211C-7A90-4D4D-B1B6-B3BC825990B0%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D544F211C-7A90-4D4D-B1B6-B3BC825990B0%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Tweets will be fuel for students' electric car</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6497CF16-E5C2-44CB-9630-FF01E6E748DE%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6497CF16-E5C2-44CB-9630-FF01E6E748DE%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">A nonprofit recruited 30 at-risk high-school students to help retrofit muscle cars with electric engines, and will let them d&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6497CF16-E5C2-44CB-9630-FF01E6E748DE%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Business</category></item><item><title>Will employment gap increase as STEM jobs grow?</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D282A89FE-8437-432A-A511-AC9037C2CB75%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D282A89FE-8437-432A-A511-AC9037C2CB75%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">According to the U.S. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D282A89FE-8437-432A-A511-AC9037C2CB75%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Business</category></item><item><title>High-school students team with NASA on pilot training equipment</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DC889D2B1-8B32-438D-8728-BFD7FCA77658%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DC889D2B1-8B32-438D-8728-BFD7FCA77658%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DC889D2B1-8B32-438D-8728-BFD7FCA77658%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Business</category></item><item><title>Discovery pitches online TestTube net to young male audience</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6B3A96DF-ADB0-4C0D-B421-E3647059A64C%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6B3A96DF-ADB0-4C0D-B421-E3647059A64C%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Discovery Communications is targeting young male viewers who are interested in science and adventure with a new online networ&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D6B3A96DF-ADB0-4C0D-B421-E3647059A64C%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Trends</category></item><item><title>N.Y. students may get paid to help craft new GED tests</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DCDC026E5-9CA2-453E-A363-918598814B86%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DCDC026E5-9CA2-453E-A363-918598814B86%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">About 1,200 graduating high-school seniors in New York state are being sought as paid volunteers to take a new General Educat&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DCDC026E5-9CA2-453E-A363-918598814B86%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Trends</category></item><item><title>It takes more than luck to succeed in CTE -- it takes VISION</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DE82FA7CC-496E-4961-BE67-D19638055C87%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DE82FA7CC-496E-4961-BE67-D19638055C87%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">You know that you can't take chances on student success or on your career. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DE82FA7CC-496E-4961-BE67-D19638055C87%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>ACTE News</category></item><item><title>Your vote. Your voice.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DAD2D8A8A-ADD4-4558-A315-7DC4B6F98EC4%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DAD2D8A8A-ADD4-4558-A315-7DC4B6F98EC4%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">We are now accepting nominations for the 2014 ACTE Board of Directors Election. Applications are due June 15.&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3DAD2D8A8A-ADD4-4558-A315-7DC4B6F98EC4%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>ACTE News</category></item><item><title>The ACTE STEM Career SmartBrief will not publish Monday</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D5C5A153B-6FED-435D-A79A-1885D936AC1D%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D5C5A153B-6FED-435D-A79A-1885D936AC1D%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">In observance of Memorial Day in the U.S., the ACTE STEM Career SmartBrief will not publish Monday. &nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D5C5A153B-6FED-435D-A79A-1885D936AC1D%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>Editor's Note</category></item><item><title>Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D55468E0B-1FC5-404C-88C7-80D763D6E490%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D55468E0B-1FC5-404C-88C7-80D763D6E490%26brief%3Dacte%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Clarence Birdseye,American inventor, entrepreneur and naturalist&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DACE9CF24-C729-46E1-9974-86759776473D%26copyid%3D55468E0B-1FC5-404C-88C7-80D763D6E490%26brief%3DACTE%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>24 May 2013 12:58:13 CDT</pubDate><category>SmartQuote</category></item></channel></rss>