1. As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics

2. High School Delivers Physics with a 'Remote Teacher'

3. Urban Students do Worse than Nation in Science

4. Science, Technology not Making the Grades in U.S.

5. School Chiefs Urge Cash Lure for Math and Science Teachers

6. Newly introduced STEM Education Legislation

1. As Math Scores Lag, a New Push for the Basics (NYT 11/14)

In part, the math wars have grown out of a struggle between professional mathematicians, who say too many American students never master basic math skills, and math educators, who say children who construct their own problem-solving strategies retain their math skills better than those who just memorize the algorithm that produces the correct answer.

2. High School Delivers Physics with a 'Remote Teacher' (Press Release)

When the Global Visions Academy was unable to hire a certified Physics teacher this fall, Dr. Sandra Atols stepped in with a solution. Atols, Manager of Distance Learning for Chicago Public Schools, pitched a partnership with the University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS). UMOHS would provide the school with its online Physics curriculum and a "remote online teacher," while Global Visions would provide students with computer access and an on-site facilitator to monitor students during class. Their teacher, a thousand miles away, gives lectures using whiteboard technology that enables synchronous audio-visual communication between all members of the class.

More details about the University of Miami Online High School are www.umohs.org.

3. Urban Students do Worse than Nation in Science (CNN AP 11/15)

Children in major U.S. cities perform worse than other students around the country on science tests given in elementary and middle school, a snapshot released by the government Wednesday shows. Ten urban school districts volunteered to take the tests and have their scores compared to public school students nationwide for the first time.

The Nation's Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Science 2005 is available online.

http://nationsreportcard.gov/tuda_science/

http://nationsreportcard.gov/tuda_science/t0101.asp

4. Science, Technology not Making the Grades in U.S.

(Wash. Times 11/17)

The United States may be the world's biggest consumer of technology, but when it comes to churning out scientists and engineers, American schools and families are not generating enough interest, educators say.

5. School Chiefs Urge Cash Lure for Math and Science Teachers

(Boston Globe 11/13)

Forty-eight school superintendents across Massachusetts are calling for cash incentives to attract math and science teachers, a new effort to compete with higher-paying private businesses that would change the way teachers are paid.

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