Word: math
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...called equal-access measure, already passed by the Senate, goes to President Reagan, who is expected to sign it even though he considers the $1 billion grant for math and science training to which it is attached to be too costly. Some observers think the legislation may foster a proliferation of offbeat religious and political meetings on school premises. The bill was drafted in response to federal district court rulings forbidding all student religious gatherings, in cases involving schools in Lubbock, Texas, and Guilderland, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review those decisions...
...film also contains an interesting paradox. It is heartening to see reading touted as an important, powerful activity after dozens of films like Joysticks and Footloose touting the mindless. But, ironically, Bastian does not read the book curled up at home in front of the fire; he cuts a math test and spends the night in the school's attic reading by candlelight. Sure, reading and imagination are important--but they're not complete and absolute excuses for ignoring everything else...
...result: if all goes well, Germans will be coming to Georgia in August to teach math. Although the program is being termed a cultural exchange, it flows one way. Tresp and Georgia education officials will fly to Hanover early next month to interview between 20 and 30 German teachers. All have the equivalent of a B.A. in mathematics and an M.A. in education. Says Eloise Barren, math consultant to the Georgia state education department: "Math is a universal language. Trigonometry here is trigonometry there. The only problem is, can they communicate that knowledge?" The chances are good, since the candidates...
...states increase requirements in math, science and languages, they exacerbate the shortage of teachers with those specialties. Oschatz has so far contacted twelve states about employing German teachers. Last month he visited New York, Illinois, Colorado, California, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. New York, he says, showed so much interest that "expectations had to be restrained...
National Education Association President Mary Hatwood Futrell argues that Georgia's move merely "underscores the fact that teachers' salaries are noncompetitive with industry. We don't need to go outside this country to find bright people to teach math and science." Georgia officials insist they see German teachers as a short-term solution. Says Barren...