Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

Posted on February 7, 2006

In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush pledged to "give our nation's children a firm grounding in math and science," through a new American Competitiveness Initiative, which will fund training for science teachers, and ensure school math and science courses are rigorous and engaging. Many of his recommendations echoed those in this 2005 report from the National Academy of Sciences.