[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             GIVING PRIORITY TO MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, today we will be talking about flexibility and 
accountability in our schools. My colleagues know that to compete in 
today's world and to give citizens personally fulfilling lives, we need 
to give students good education in science and math. International math 
and science study results show U.S. 12th graders lagging well behind 
the international average in math and science. Eisenhower funds are the 
only program available to all schools to help train public school 
teachers in math and science. If we are to give these students the 
education they need, we need these Eisenhower funds to help teachers at 
all levels prepare to teach in science and math. As we give school 
systems more accountability and flexibility, we need to give a priority 
to math and science education.

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