Cut after-school funding only after consolidating the 105 federal programs meant to encourage kids to take math and science classes.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Sequester Revelation

Among the potential policies: expanding low-cost broadband access, adding math and science classes in public schools and making government data more accessible.

WSJ: Giving Politics a Hack

She and her co-founders at Maykah (the maker of Roominate dollhouses with working circuits) wish they saw more women in their upper level math and science classes.

FORBES: Connect

Here are some more items for young girls, from books and electronic LEGOs to free iPad games, created by engineers who want to help change the ratio in math, science and computer classes everywhere.

FORBES: Connect

And we'll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers, and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering and math - the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future.

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Gavin proved he could learn math and science on a level far above his age, and his school let him take those advanced classes.

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