Word: mathes
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LEGISLATORS AND EDUCATORS finally took steps in the right direction last week towards addressing one of the most dangerous problems confronting American society today--the alarming shortage of mathematics and science teachers in secondary schools. A spate of new proposals would reverse the decline in math and science teaching--both in numbers of teachers and quality of those entering the profession--by retraining teachers from other fields and by making teaching jobs more attractive. Although the new measures are to be lauded, they still fail to deal with the reason for the shortage, namely, the ridiculously low salary level...
...that the committee has faculty approval, Merseth says she will solicit various corporations and foundations for grants, adding that she is keeping her eye on a bill passing through Congress that would provide $400 million for programs to improve math and science education. Hopefully, the Ed School would be able to apply for some of that money, he added...
Merseth said the programs would focus initially on math rather than science because math "provides the foundation for all subsequent work in science," She added that since work in Math requires no lab arrangements, the courses would be easier...
Students commented on a wide range of topics, from the absence of math and computer courses in the program to whether Harvard should even have such a curriculum...
Princeton's early acceptances compose a select group. The 350 admits boast mean SAT verbal and math scores of 688 and 724, respectively, and include 99 valedictorians among their number...