This STEM-focused issue of the journal was funded by the Noyce Foundation, and includes articles on models for STEM learning, scaling programs, and serving girls, etc.  Download the whole issue as a single pdf or read individual articles separately.

"Target Arts and Culture in Schools Grants help schools and nonprofits to bring arts and cultural experiences directly to K-12 students. These programs must have a curriculum component. Maximum award: $2,000. Eligibility: schools and nonprofit organizations. Deadline: April 30, 2013"

"The Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council has teamed up with SparkAction to find the best and the brightest young people and youth councils in America. We are building a knowledge and story bank about the ways that young people’s input helps improve policies. In addition to profiling effective Youth Councils and individual young people (members of Councils or independents) who are influencing policies and local practice, we’re recognizing them for what they are – the Top Young Leaders of Today.

"Sugata Mitra delivered everything you could want in a grand prize-winning TEDTalk -- it was timely, inspiring, provocative and highly entertaining. His central thesis that our current systems and processes for educating children across the globe need to be completely wiped out and radically restructured into structure-free, micro-learning outposts connected by broadband is radical, to say the least.

Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, a collaborative blog, features an interview with Mitch Resnick.  "As Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, Mitch Resnick channels his own creative intellect to transform classic forms of play into hands-on learning experiences. These new educational technologies, which are thought up by his Lifelong Kindergarten group, are designed to actively engage youth in the creative thinking process...