Word: merseth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With more interesting curricula, more students may be interested in business and educational careers that involve math and science," said Merseth, who has authored several math textbook...
...Merseth said that revamping secondary school curricula is only one solution to the teacher shotage. "We will need one million new teachers in this country by 1990 and traditional sources are not going to be able to provide all of them," she said...
...Merseth said the shortage is graduation in mathematics and the sciences "The 49 institution Massachusetts certifies to graduates teacher produced only two physics instructor in 1982," Merseth said...
...Harvard program which is designed as a needed for other in students certified to teach math or science in over 30 states, according to Merseth, who added that admissions personnel reported over 600 inquiries for the program within its first 18 months...
...program has attracted the attention of Congressman Rod Chandler (R-Wash.), a member of the Education and Labor Committee Chandler, who visited the Ed School last week, had proposed legislation in Congress to help fund the nearly 40 institutions that are interested in beginning programs modeled after Harvard's, Merseth said...