The goal of his Academy is to properly train elementary school teachers to teach math and science in the classroom as 90% of them have no accreditation in these fields.
In the U.S., debates about science and religion in the classroom tend to focus on American public high schools, where local school boards argue about Darwin and the Bible.
To bring more educators into the classroom, the National Math and Science Initiative is working with Texas Instruments and the Dell Foundation to prepare almost 5, 000 new math and science teachers in the next five years -- through a program that allows young people to earn teaching certificates and science degrees at the same time.
Show Video Clip: Science of Public Opinion and follow up with the discussion questions and activity from the March 21, 2000 CNN NEWSROOM classroom guide.