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Full Committee Hearing: "The National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Foundations for Success"

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing to examine a recent report released by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel on the state of math education and instruction in the United States. Among other things, the report found that the nation’s system for teaching math is “broken and must be fixed” if the U.S. wants to maintain its competitive edge.

Chairman Miller's Opening Statement »

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Witness Testimony:

Dr. Skip Fennell »
Member
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Former President
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Westminster, Maryland

Dr. William Haver »
Professor of Mathematics
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Laura Slover »
Vice President
Achieve, Inc.
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Wanda T. Staggers »
Master Teacher and Dean of
Manufacturing and Engineering
Academy of Engineering
and Biomedical Sciences
Anderson, South Carolina

Dr. Mary Ann Wolf »
Executive Director
State Education Technology
Directors Association
Glen Burnie, Maryland

John J. Castellani »
President
Business Roundtable
Washington D.C.

 


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