President Obama today helped launch a new campaign, “Educate to Innovate,” designed to energize and excite America’s students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

"President Obama today helped launch a new campaign, "Educate to Innovate," designed to
energize and excite America's students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM). It builds on the President's pledge that he would use his position to help encourage
students to study and consider careers in science, engineering, technology, and innovation--
fields upon which America's future depends--and elevate those students from the middle to the
top of the pack worldwide."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/23/next-generation-innovators