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One year after Tennessee introduced standardized tests that promised more rigor for public school students, the state will embark on another overhaul, this time on a much larger scale.

Read more: Tennessee Schools Inch Closer to National Standardized Testing

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that two consortia will receive a total of $25 million over the next five years under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center.

Read more: Secretary Chu Announces U.S. Centers for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research

Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Inc. announced that it emerged a winner in the recompete of its engineering services subcontract at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Read more: Pact for Engineering Services at ORNL

USEC Inc. closed on the first phase of a strategic investment in the company by nuclear power industry leaders The Babcock & Wilcox Company and Toshiba Corporation.

Read more: USEC, Toshiba and B&W Close on First Phase of Strategic Investment

The Department of Energy is seeking community input to a Request for Information on "Energy Education and Workforce Development."

Read more: DOE Education and Workforce Development RFI

Smart meter installations around the country seem to be going on at a quick pace with over 2 million of the two way communication devices having been installed.

Read more: U.S. Smart Meters Hit Two Million Installed

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced that Dale Christenson of the Y-12 Site Office has been recognized with an NNSA Bronze Medal Award for his role in Y-12's Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility.

Read more: NNSA Awards Bronze Medal Award to Dale Christenson of Y-12

Bolivia has vast deposits of lithium and has started to refer to itself as "the Saudi Arabia of lithium."

Read more: Troves of Lithium, Valuable for Batteries, Boost Mood in Bolivia and Afghanistan

Workforce intermediaries are responding to this new terrain, offering strategies to help people enter and attach securely to the labor market.

Read more: Community Colleges as Workforce Intermediaries

A small but growing band of U.S. manufacturers are turning the seemingly inexorable offshoring movement on its head, bringing some production to the U.S.

Read more: Some Manufacturing Heads Back to USA