PROFNET WIRE: EDUCATION & SCIENCE: Lack of Interest in Math and Science.

PR Newswire;  April 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ......ROUND-UPS Lack of Interest in Math and Science (23 experts) Violence in American...ROUND-UP: Lack of Interest in Math and Science Since the launch of Sputnik in...investigator and project director and The Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia...

Ideas put emphasis on math, science.

Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  February 20, 2007 ;     640 words ......teachers for the kids who decide math, science and engineering are cool. And...of this state -- that have made math, science and technology a priority and...Metro High School that focus on math, science, engineering and technology. Put...

Interest in science, math grows, schools say; Some Twin Cities schools are...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Staff Writer Is there really a math and science crisis in education? Though political...this week, there's plenty of math and science action. Two extra math teachers...aren't ready for college-level science and math. And teachers must still overcome...

State to require more of grads: 4th year of math, science could cut into...

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  July 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......students soon will need four years of math and science to graduate from high school...two years of laboratory science. Science, math grants More rigor in math and...high school academies focused on science, math, engineering and technology...

INVEST MORE IN SCIENCE AND MATH.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 27, 2003 ;     542 words ......worried about the quality of math and science education their children will...make the kind of investments in math and science education our children need...school districts and university science, math and engineering departments to...

Web sites help students (and parents) with math and science.(Link-up @...

Information Today;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...We know math and science skills are the common currency everyone...average of 21 other countries in math and science. * Several other countries have higher...education leaders are focusing on math and science (as Spellings' comment illustrates...

The mixed view on math and science

American Teacher;  May 1, 2006 ;     673 words ......students should be learning more math and science in high school, right? Actually...pushing in recent years to improve math and science education. In a broad sense...support proposals to focus more on math and science, the report says, but a majority...

SEN. SANTORUM INTRODUCES 'SECURING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS'...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 15, 2006 ;     581 words ......Education for Our Kids (SEEK) in Math and Science Act of 2006, legislation to strengthen...of rewarding opportunities in math, science, engineering, and technology...year undergraduate degrees in math, science, technology, or engineering with...

Student scores; Science results are good; math `not good enough' Minnesota...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Singapore ranked the highest in both math and science. Minnesota ranked sixth in science...eighth-graders scoring below average on math and science in the Third International Mathematics...demonstrate skills and knowledge in science, math and other subjects, said Wedl...

Physicist Tackles Math, Science Illiteracy; Chicago Teachers to Get...

The Washington Post;  December 30, 1990 ;     700+ words ......Prescott, the teachers teach science and math by the book. There are no microscopes...educators plan to take every single math and science teacher in Chicago and show each one how to teach math and science in a way that does not leave...

Math, science teachers scarce: ; Many change majors after taking classes...

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......teachers in some subjects, especially math and science, in part because college education...special field of study, such as math or science, education majors are required...individuals who have an interest in math, science or foreign language end up majoring...

TIMSS Study Shows U.S. Fourth-Graders Excel in Science, Math

U.S. Newswire;  June 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ......international comparison of fourth-grade math and science achievement shows American students above average in both math and science -- 41 points above the average...According to the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), released today...

BISD super questions additional year of math, science.

Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX);  September 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......incorporate a fourth year each of math and science into high school curriculum...requirement to add a fourth year of math and science to recommended and distinguished...schools. We already have plenty of math and science and those kids that want to take...

Legislation would boost funding for math, science programs

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 31, 2001 ;     376 words ......substantially boost funding for math and science education adds up to better performance...aims to improve instruction in math and science, and teach the teachers, too...with stipends to do research in math, science and engineering to improve their...

Bid to boost high school math, science requirements faces battle;...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Bid to boost high school math, science requirements faces battle Educators...already take three or more years of math and science. And there are other questions...requires only two years of math and science in high school. In fact, we're...