Just a footnote to signal Arthur's concerns were both timely and topical. Grunch was indeed moving to shake things up in the education sector.
And in PDX news of the day: OMSI was partnering with television to make cartoon production a featured exhibit (and implicitly a kid-friendly recruiting exhibit -- the sciences want people too, and deserve good ones). Kirby Abbreviations: OMSI = Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; PDX = Portland, OR; Grunch = GRUNCH as in Gross Universal Cash Heist as in 'Grunch of Giants' a book by RBF; OR = Oregon; RBF = R. Buckminster Fuller, R = Richard. =========================== NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COALITIONS News Brief #3285 Category: Business Role in Education TITLE: "Companies Unveil Projects to Improve Math, Science Learning" Two major corporations are investing millions of dollars in programs intended to improve math and science learning. The General Electric Foundation will distribute $100 million in grants over the next five years to raise math and science scores in up to five school districts. The Jefferson County, Kentucky school district is the first to receive a $25-million grant. The district plans to use the money for a new districtwide curriculum, additional professional development, and community engagement efforts. The IBM International Foundation will pay college tuition costs for up to 100 employees who want to train as math and science teachers. In order to participate in the "Transition to Teaching" program, employees will have to have a bachelor's degree in math or science (or a higher degree in a related field), some teaching experience, and at least 10 years of employment at IBM. The U.S. Department of Labor has predicted a 51-percent increase in jobs related to science, engineering and technology between 1998 and 2008. More than a quarter-million secondary math and science teachers will be needed by the 2008-09 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. SOURCE: Education Week, 28 September 2005 (p. 06) WEBSITE: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/09/28/05ibm.h25.html -------------------------------------------- The NASSMC Briefing Service (NBS) is supported in part by the International Technology Education Association and Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education. Briefs reflect only the opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the source articles. Click http://nbs.nassmc.org to SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT, or FIND archived NBS briefs. Click http://www.nassmc.org for information about NASSMC. Permission is granted to re-distribute NBS briefs in unmodified form, including header and footer. _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig