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Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment at the National Science Foundation of a program to promote and assist the teaching of inventiveness and innovation. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Innovations for our Nation's Vital Educational Needs for Technology Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) establish a competitive grant program, with the goal of developing, and making available for use at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels within two years after enactment of this Act, curriculum tools that will help foster inventiveness; and (2) develop and implement measures for the dissemination of such curriculum tools. Directs the NSF to: (1) implement a public awareness and outreach campaign relating to invention and inventiveness; and (2) establish engineering and social science research programs on the process of invention and the teaching of inventiveness.
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Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextSupporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and for other purposes. 4/17/2007--Introduced. Expresses support for: (1) the goals of World Intellectual Property Day to promote, inform, and teach the importance of intellectual property as a tool for economic, social, and cultural development; and (2) efforts to protect U.S. citizens from fraudulent and illegal counterfeiting and piracy. Recognizes the importance of intellectual property and the challenges and threats to its protection. Congratulates the World Intellectual Property Organization for building awareness of the value of intellectual property and developing the infrastructure to help citizens take full advantage of their creativity. Applauds the contributions of human creativity and intellectual property to growth, innovation, and a brighter future.
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Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextSupporting the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. 3/14/2008--Introduced. Supports the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. (Destination ImagiNation is a nonprofit organization promoting students' development of creativity, teamwork, and problem solving skills.)
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Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextSupporting the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Commends the students, teachers, schools, and volunteers who participate in the Destination ImagiNation program, which promotes students' development of creativity, teamwork, and problem solving skills. Encourages more teachers and schools to participate in the program. Supports the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week.
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Also tagged in: Commemorations, Education, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Learning, Nonprofit organizations, Secondary education, Social services, Special weeks, Students, Teachers, Teaching, Volunteer workers
Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextSupporting the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Commends the students, teachers, schools, and volunteers who participate in the Destination ImagiNation program, which promotes students' development of creativity, teamwork, and problem solving skills. Encourages more teachers and schools to participate in the program. Supports the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week.
Also tagged in: Commemorations, Education, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Learning, Nonprofit organizations, Secondary education, Social services, Special weeks, Teaching
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextSupporting the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. 3/14/2008--Introduced. Supports the designation of Destination ImagiNation Week. (Destination ImagiNation is a nonprofit organization promoting students' development of creativity, teamwork, and problem solving skills.)
Also tagged in: Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Copyright, Economic growth, Economic policy, Foreign policy, Fraud, Intellectual property, International affairs, International agencies, Patent infringement, Product counterfeiting, Special days, Technological innovations, Technology, Trademarks
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextSupporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and for other purposes. 4/17/2007--Introduced. Expresses support for: (1) the goals of World Intellectual Property Day to promote, inform, and teach the importance of intellectual property as a tool for economic, social, and cultural development; and (2) efforts to protect U.S. citizens from fraudulent and illegal counterfeiting and piracy. Recognizes the importance of intellectual property and the challenges and threats to its protection. Congratulates the World Intellectual Property Organization for building awareness of the value of intellectual property and developing the infrastructure to help citizens take full advantage of their creativity. Applauds the contributions of human creativity and intellectual property to growth, innovation, and a brighter future.
Also tagged in: Awards, medals, prizes, Budgets, Business, Commemorations, Curricula, Economic policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Engineering, Entrepreneurs, Exhibitions, Families, Federal aid to education, Government information, Government publicity, Higher education, Humanities, Infrastructure, Intellectual property, Inventions, Inventors, Learning, Mentoring, Natural resources, Parent and child, Patents, Science policy, Secondary education, Social science research, Surveys, Sustainable development, Teacher education, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching materials, Technological innovations, Technology
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment at the National Science Foundation of a program to promote and assist the teaching of inventiveness and innovation. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Innovations for our Nation's Vital Educational Needs for Technology Act - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) establish a competitive grant program, with the goal of developing, and making available for use at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels within two years after enactment of this Act, curriculum tools that will help foster inventiveness; and (2) develop and implement measures for the dissemination of such curriculum tools. Directs the NSF to: (1) implement a public awareness and outreach campaign relating to invention and inventiveness; and (2) establish engineering and social science research programs on the process of invention and the teaching of inventiveness.
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