UTeach Gets a Boost
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by ASEE
Thirteen years ago, the University of Texas, Austin, started a program called UTeach that allowed math and science majors to simultaneously earn teaching certificates. It worked so well at UT-Austin that the school set up the National Math and Science Initiative to help the program spread to other universities across the country. Now the Obama administration wants to put the project into overdrive.
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Tags: College, Grant Opportunities, Programs for Teachers, Teacher Training
When Congress approved the $787 billion economic stimulus package last February, it included a huge chunk of research money: $21.5 billion. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) got a big share of those funds, and now it’s announced it is spending around $18.3 million to bolster STEM education, starting in the early grades.
