TITLE: National and Economic Importance of Improved Math-Science Education and H.R. 4272, the National Science Education Enhancement Act

CIS-NO: 2001-H341-21  
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the Workforce. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Sept. 21, 2000  
LENGTH: iv+209 p.  
CONG-SESS: 106-2  
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B  
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-125  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-11121  
 
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 107-110

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-125. Hearing to consider H.R. 4272, the National Science Education Enhancement Act, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to establish and expand Department of Education and other agency programs to promote science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education, especially at the elementary and secondary level.
 
Includes provisions to provide funding to enable schools to hire master teachers, and to encourage teachers to participate in professional development programs.
 
Supplementary material (p. 57-209) includes witnesses' written statements and correspondence.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Science and math educ improvement programs estab

BILLS: 106 H.R. 4272

DESCRIPTORS:  
    SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL EDUCATION; TEACHER EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT ACT; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; MATHEMATICS; ENGINEERING

01-H341-21 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Sept. 21, 2000 p. 8-26
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GREENSPAN, ALAN (Chairman, Federal Reserve Board)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Importance of SMET education, citing benefits for improving analytical thinking skills.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Science and math educ improvement programs estab
 
 
01-H341-21 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Sept. 21, 2000 p. 27-56, 83-135
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   LEDERMAN, LEON M. (Resident Scholar, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy)
   HASELTINE, WILLIAM A. (CEO, Human Genome Sciences, Inc)
   BUNCE, DIANE M. (Chair, Chemical Education Division, American Chemical Society)
   BRIARS, DIANE J. (Mathematics Director, Pittsburgh, Pa. Public Schools)
   BARRETT, CRAIG R. (President and CEO, Intel Corp)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Support for H.R. 4272; need to improve SMET education, citing benefits for the technology workforce; importance of H.R. 4272 teacher professional development provisions.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Science and math educ improvement programs estab
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC.; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; INTEL CORP.; MANPOWER

LOAD-DATE: August 20, 2002