"The nations that lead everybody in math and science education are Finland and the Scandinavian countries and we are well behind.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

He tells these teenagers the key to being an astronaut is having a solid background in math and science.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

They can lose trust in their abilities and intelligence, especially in areas like science, math and technology.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math,science,English and social studies.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

The university offers degrees in education, business,nursing,health education, math and computer science.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

It will target middle school students during their summer recess to take part in intensive math and science learning programs.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

These students are taking part in experiments designed to test their knowledge and inspire them to concentrate on science,technology, engineering and math.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

The president called for a greater emphasis on math and science education in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences in April.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

"There is absolutely no difference in the content of social studies, history,geography,math and science.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

a front runner in science and math and engineering, it's still there,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"We want middle school kids to increase their level of achievement in science and math and for their teachers to increase their level of performance in teaching those subjects."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Careers in science,technology, engineering and math are collectively known as STEM.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Educators say the goal will be to improve student academic performance in math, science and technology courses, while giving them the tools they need to build lasting professional careers in a 21st-century, knowledge-based economy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Efforts to strengthen math and science education come at a time when 15-year-old U.S.students rank 25th in math literacy and 30th in science literacy -- among the 57 countries participating in the Program for International Student Assessment.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

President Obama's efforts and his emphasis on education particularly technical education science and math, to want to have every kid in college by 2020, is to be applauded and that's a goal that we at NASA are really going to make sure that he can accomplish."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10