The American Chemical Society (ACS) has expressed praise for the House of Representatives move to support a $5 million increase in funding for the Education Department's Math and Science Partnership programme.
ACS has been advocating a funding increase for the partnership programme, which it has termed a 'critical educational programme.' The Society has said it considers the programme an integral part of federal efforts to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education across the country. The programme seeks to help improve student achievement in math and science by providing K-12 educators with high quality professional development resources and training.
The $5 million increase in funding came after extensive efforts by some Congress representatives to persuade House Appropriations Committee members to provide additional funding for the programme. Working closely with these representatives, ACS joined with more than 70 members of the STEM Education Coalition in efforts to convince House appropriators of the merits of the programme. It had received no additional funding since 2006. The increase in funding would bring total funding for this year to $184 million.
The ACS also pointed out that this type of Congressional support for math and science education programmes is vital to the future of reinvigorating the American scientific enterprise supported by President Barack Obama.
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