Barack Obama had much to say while accepting his party's nomination for the 2012 presidency at the Democratic National Convention last night in North Carolina, but one of the most attention-grabbing portions of his speech was his early call to the American people to improve education.
"Help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers in the next ten years, and improve early childhood education," Obama said.
According to the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, less than one-third of elementary and high school students truly grasp what they're being taught in science.
The 2007 International Mathematics and Science Study shows that grades 4 and 8 American students' math scores, while above the study's scale average, trail significantly when pitted against their global competitors.
How do you think your school fares in math and science? How do your math and science departments go about getting kids excited for what they're going to learn? Is there a shortage of math and science teachers in your school?
