Obama calls for math, science push

President Obama announced a campaign Monday to encourage education in science, technology, engineering, and math, (STEM) saying that the United States needs to make a new push to excel in the sciences as evidence shows American students continuing to fall behind other countries in science and math. As part of the effort, called Educate to Innovate, government and private industry have committed to donating more than $260 million in new support to education projects.

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