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Each month, TAP highlights a program that is making significant contributions to education and innovation in this country.



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Connecting Teens to Math & Science: A Marketing Approach
A joint marketing strategy presentation by the Business Roundtable and North Castle for how to motivate kids to understand how math and science are behind most of the things they think are cool in their lives.

Engineering: Powering America
Engineering powers America, including American business. Twenty percent of Fortune 500 CEOs have a degree in engineering. In fact, engineering is the most common undergraduate degree among the CEOs of America's largest companies. Each day during National Engineers Week, Business Roundtable is highlighting a Roundtable CEO who is also an engineer.

No Child Left Behind & Competitiveness: A Conversation
This video features a discussion between business community and education thought leaders on two of the most pressing policy issues facing the United States - U.S. competitiveness and the No Child Left Behind Act. Business Roundtable, a TAP founding member, hosted the conversation, which focuses on a recent American Enterprise Institute (AEI) policy paper titled, NCLB and the Competitiveness Agenda: Happy Collaboration or Collision Course?"

Online Chat
As part of the business community's campaign to strengthen U.S. competitiveness by improving scientific and technological capabilities, Business Roundtable's Education and Workforce Policy Director, Susan Traiman, answered questions in a live, online chat, about the current state-of-play and her recent trip to India.

Reporting From India
Business Roundtable's Susan Traiman served as part of a delegation of U.S. education leaders who visited schools in India. She shared her observations daily from abroad.

Scientists & Engineers: Inventing America's Future
Scientists and engineers are America's innovators. Studies show that of all the factors that contribute to productivity growth and global economic competitiveness, the number of scientists and engineers in the workforce is the most significant.

TAP Hosts Math & Science Fair on Capitol Hill, June 27, 2006
TAP hosted the first ever "Math & Science Fair" on Capitol Hill to showcase American innovation and encourage congressional leaders to support polices this year aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness.

The Sputnik Moment: Event Highlights Past and Future Challenges to US Competitiveness
Marking the 50th anniversary of the moment that shocked the country into an unparalleled investment in science, technology and education, Business Roundtable and The Atlantic Council of the United States co-hosted "The Sputnik Moment: Lessons for 21st Century Global Challenges."