SANTA FE, NM— The Daniels Fund, started by cable television pioneer Bill Daniels to provide educational grants and scholarships in select western states, has awarded $75,000 to the Advanced Placement Initiative to expand the impact of Advanced Placement on student achievement in New
Mexico. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are college-level courses that students can take in high schooland for which they can earn college credit college at most post-secondary institutions in the United States—saving them time and money in college.

The March 8 edition of Newsweek has a helpful analysis of the recent working paper that shows students who receive incentives for passing AP courses not only earn better GPA's, they are more likely to earn their degrees - and the effects are more pronounced among minorities.

Here is an article from EdWeek with some timely information about STEM funding:

Many programs in the America COMPETES Act never got any money.