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STEM Week: How Do We Make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Cool?
Dana Chivvis // Jul. 26, 2011 // 8:46 AM

The national call to improve in STEM subjects begs the question: How do we get kids interested in these fields? More

HISTORY PRIMER: Using Quilts as Codes on the Underground Railroad
NBC // Jul. 7, 2011 // 1:39 PM

An art history professor at Howard University explains how the quilts made by South Carolina slaves contained secret codes that helped escaped slaves    More

HISTORY PRIMER: GI's Prepare for D-Day Invasion
NBC // Jul. 6, 2011 // 10:30 AM

Watch a short video looking back at the days before the attack when Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, decided on the right moment to se   More

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Philadelphia: June 5-12 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road’s last stop was Philadelphia! You can still watch video from the Philadelphia Teacher Town Hall and Job One events here at EducationNation.com. More
Los Angeles: May 13-19 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road was in Los Angeles May 13-19. Check out highlights from the Teacher Town Hall and Job One panel discussion, and find out more about the challenges and opportunities for LA’s school system. More
Chicago: May 1-7 2011
Education Nation On-the-Road’s first stop was Chicago, Illinois! Chicago locals visited us at the Education Nation Experience on NBC Plaza, and 250 teachers came together for a Teacher Town Hall to talk about challenges and opportunities inside and outside the classroom. NBC News also convened Chicago civic and business leaders for a discussion on how best to prepare our students for the jobs of the future. More
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