They are:
1. Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) Program to expand access of low-income students to rigorous course work by training 70,000 additional teachers.
2. Adjunct Teacher Corps to encourage up to 30,000 math and science professionals to become adjunct high school teachers.
3. A National Math Panel to evaluate empirically the effectiveness of various
approaches to teaching math and science and to create a research base to improve instructional methods and materials;4. Math Now for Elementary School Students program to promote promising and researched-based practices in mathematics instruction.
5. Math Now for Middle School Students to diagnose and remedy the deficiencies of students who lack math proficiency.
6. Evaluation of Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education programs across agencies to determine which are effective in meeting their stated goals; and
7. Include Science Assessments in NCLB accountability to ensure children are learning the necessary content and skills to be successful in the 21st century workforce.
would anyone on the front lines care to tell how much progress is or is not being made on these initiative?
It is one thing to set goals, another thing to lay out a plan to achieve them, yet another to start marching toward them and finally, yet another to reach them.
How is the president doing in this area?
What do you think?
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