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Summary of H.R. 362, the "10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds" Science and Math Scholarship Act

Introduced in the House of Representatives on January 10, 2007.

The bill implements most of the K-12 science education recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. It establishes a teacher education program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to encourage math, science and engineering faculty to work with education faculty to improve the education of science and math teachers and to provide scholarships to science, math and engineering students who commit to become science or math teachers at elementary and secondary schools; authorizes summer teacher training institutes at NSF and the Department of Energy to improve the content knowledge and pedagogical skills of in-service science and math teachers, including preparing them to teach Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses in science and math; requires that NSF include support for master's degree programs for in-service science and mathematics teachers within the NSF Math and Science Partnerships; and authorizes funding for the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Expansion program and expands the program to include centers for improving undergraduate STEM education.

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