NEWS RELEASE House Approves Ehlers Bill To Strengthen Math-Science Education WASHINGTON, Jul. 30‹ The House of Representatives today unanimously approved H.R. 100, the National Science Education Act. The legislation was introduced by Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Grand Rapids), Chairman of the House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. ³This bill will help teachers become better prepared and more knowledgable in the classroom,² said Ehlers. ³Providing master teachers with the necessary resources to train other teachers is exactly the type of support our teachers deserve and must receive.² H.R. 100 requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish various programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. The bill also directs the NSF Director to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to: (1) train master teachers to improve the teaching of mathematics and science from kindergarten through ninth grade in various ways, including mentoring other teachers; and (2) assist elementary and secondary schools to design and implement master teacher programs. Ehlers has held numerous hearings over the past three years to develop ideas and solutions for improving math and science education in K-12 classrooms. In addition to H.R. 100 he has also introduced H.R. 101, the National Science Education Enhancement Act and H.R. 102, the National Science Education Incentive Act. H.R. 100 now goes to the Senate for consideration. ### -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ista-talk@lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
