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NMSI’s UTeach Program Recognized by President Obama at White House Event |
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President Barack Obama spotlighted the importance of teachers in shaping our country’s future at a special event today [Jan. 6] at the White House. Specifically, the President recognized the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) and its UTeach program for preparing a new generation of highly qualified math and science teachers.
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White House Begins Campaign to Promote Science and Math Education |
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To improve science and mathematics education for American children, the White House is recruiting Elmo and Big Bird, video game programmers and thousands of scientists.
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Private Sector Leaders Committed to Efforts Focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education |
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Today the White House is announcing a national education initiative to strengthen America's economic competitiveness through leadership in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.
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CUNY's got math problem: Report shows many freshmen from city HS fail at basic algebra |
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More city kids are graduating from high school, but that doesn't mean they can do college math.
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Brianda Reyes: How does our education system compare? |
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I remember sitting in my senior Physics AP class and being told that we were going to get a new student. Only a junior, she was also being moved into more difficult science and calculus classes. I sat there, in awe. Somewhere I heard "foreign exchange student from China," and it all clicked.
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Tom Luce Participates in Special Webinar hosted by the Hechinger Institute |
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Tom Luce, CEO of NMSI, participated Thursday (Nov. 12, 2009) in a special webinar hosted by the Hechinger Institute at Columbia University in New York City on “America’s Math and Science Crisis: How To Fix It” with Steven Robinson, Special Advisor on Math and Science at the Department of Education, and Michelle Cahill, Vice President of National Programs and Program Director of Urban Education at the Carnegie Corporation. Reporters from across the U.S. logged on to hear this timely discussion in American’s STEM issues. You can view the webinar by following this link: http://hechinger.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?pageid=3522
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NMSI Directors Go To School |
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Three of the NMSI board members went on a field trip following the Oct. 20 board meeting in Dallas. Dr. Roy Vagelos, former chair and CEO of Merck & Co. Inc.; Nobel Prize winner Carl Wieman, and Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academies, joined Gregg Fleisher, the NMSI National AP Training and Incentive Program Director, for a surprise visit to AP classes at W.T. White High School.
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Parents More Comfortable Talking Drugs Than Science |
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A new survey by the Intel Corporation found that although most parents realize math and science are critical for their child’s success, they don’t feel comfortable talking about those subjects because of their own lack of familiarity with math and science.
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Webcast: John Winn speaks on panel for PCAST 10/22 |
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John Winn, NMSI's Chief Program Officer, will be speaking on a panel for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) meeting, Thursday, October 22, at 4pm EST/3pm CST. The webcast will be available on PCAST's website:
http://www.ostp.gov/cs/pcast |
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U.S. Math Scores Hit a Wall - WSJ.com |
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By ROBERT TOMSHO
Fewer than four of 10 fourth- and eighth-graders are proficient in mathematics, according to a highly regarded federal test given in early 2009, adding to recent evidence that the U.S. drive to become more economically competitive by overhauling public education may be falling short.
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