May 11

National Lab Day Launched in Response to President Obama’s Call to Raise American Students to the Top of the Pack in Science and Math Achievement over the Next Decade WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, members of the Cabinet and senior White House officials are scheduled to participate alongside teachers and volunteers in the first National Lab Day, a historic grassroots effort to bring hands-on learning activities to thousands of students and improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. National Lab Day is a grassroots partnership between science and engineering societies and educators and was launched in response to President Obama’s call at the National Academy of Sciences last spring for all Americans to join the cause of elevating STEM education as a national priority. The first annual National Lab Day is Wednesday, May 12th, though National Lab Day projects are taking place in schools throughout the year. Cabinet Secretaries and senior administration officials scheduled to participate this week include: WEDNESDAY Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, who will be working with a third grade class building solar cars.