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Education Week 09/19/07: **Parents, Students Feel Less Urgency for Math, Science Upgrades** Click here for article Notes on article
 * The 'experts' say math and science education should be more rigorous.
 * President Bush signed Bill that would improve math science teacher recruitment and training
 * Parents and students say it is good enough according to a recent study called "Important, but Not for Me".[[file:important_but_not_for_me.pdf]]
 * Overall 70% of parents in survey thought math science education was fine (Only 44% of African American parents felt this way)
 * 72% of students did not think they should have to take advance courses in Chemistry and Physics
 * A challenge for educators will be to convince parents and students of the importance of more rigorous math and science
 * motivators include: college requirements, possibility of scholarships, prospects of good jobs