President Bush urged spending more federal funds to improve math and science programs in U.S. schools during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a call to action that won approval from private sector execs in the tech industry as well as science professors at universities. Bush endorsed a proposal by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to train 70,000 new math and science teachers, to bring 30,000 math and science professionals into classrooms, and to improve basic education in these disciplines overall.
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Bush: Math and Science Critical to Global Competition
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 2, 2006 10:47 AMPresident Bush urged spending more federal funds to improve math and science programs in U.S. schools during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a call to action that won approval from private sector execs in the tech industry as well as science professors at universities. Bush endorsed a proposal by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to train 70,000 new math and science teachers, to bring 30,000 math and science professionals into classrooms, and to improve basic education in these disciplines overall.