Monday, September 22, 2025
Need for greater investment in teacher training and salaries: Teachers are at the heart of making a quality workforce for the future. Teacher salaries must grow to be competitive with other non-education positions in the marketplace, and teacher training has to be enhanced — like what we are providing at the National Math + Science Initiative to make students’ educational experiences interactive and rewarding! Students who graduate high school with one National Math + Science Initiative-trained teacher are almost twice as likely to obtain a STEM-related college degree than the national average. This will be a key part of the future economic growth in America.
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