News Brief

03/14/13

North Dakota Is Partnering With Microsoft to Expose Everyone to Technology

WDAY (Fargo, ND) (03/14/2013) Lange, KatieNorth Dakota has partnered with Microsoft for a groundbreaking program to help students with college readiness and learn 21st century skills. Under the program, Microsoft has agreed to offer free programs to North Dakota classrooms that focus on science and technology. "When we talk about STEM we have the science and the math and we've always had those, those are our bookends of what learning is, but the two in the middle technology and engineering which create STEM, that's what makes learning fun," said Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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