A recent report from the National Research Council says that there is abundant evidence that informal science education settings, such as museums, aquariums, and after-school programs are important contributors to people's knowledge and interest in science. But for the California Science Center, this is nothing new.

Summary of symposium co-hosted by CCST, the National Research Council Center for Education, and the National Academy of Engineering in February 2009 to address integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education through an innovation and learning network in California.

The most recent CCST Council meeting, which was held on May 27 2009, focused on identifying crucial short-term and long-term structural S&T policy issues that can be addressed during a recession. By putting California's volatile budget in perspective, looking at the new face of financial systems, and new federal initiatives planned, what could state government do to take advantage of the moment?

This report describes current barriers to financing health information technology as a tool for health care delivery. An earlier version of this report was commissioned by the Governor's Health Information Technology Advisory Commission (HITFAC) and submitted to that body in May 2008. Principal researchers, Dr. Robert H. Miller, PhD and his research team at the University of California, San Francisco, describe and analyze information obtained from September 2007 through early May 2008.

During the course of the review, the panel will examine ongoing and planned NASA development activities and potential alternatives in order to present options for advancing a safe, innovative, affordable and sustainable human space flight program following the space shuttle's retirement next year. The committee will present its results by August in time to support an administration decision on the way forward.

On February 2, 2009, a group of California science and mathematics teachers, policy makers, researchers, and representatives from business, industry, and higher education met to consider how California could do a better job of preparing today's students for the future STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - workforce. This summary report captures the major issues considered by symposium participants as well as the ways in which California can work effectively toward strengthening STEM teaching and learning.