National Science Foundation – Maria C. Zacharias
“In an American culture that suggests that some people are “just no good at math,” it’s easy to forget that an understanding of mathematics is an essential gateway to college completion and to achievement in science, technology and engineering. Yet, many students enter college poorly prepared in mathematics…the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting research proposals for design and development work to pilot innovations with high impact potential for helping students learn the mathematics generally taught in the first two years of both two-year and four-year postsecondary institutions.”(more)