>From that informal gathering and its deceptively simple conclusions sprang the idea for a forum to educate educators: the Academy for Teachers of Science and Mathematics, a four-week resident program that will host 75 teachers from Tennessee and three nearby states beginning this summer.
At first glance, the academy seems similar to other recent teacher-education efforts by federal and state agencies in various parts of the United States. Through lectures at the University of Tennessee and visits to laboratories, the program will offer teachers, who must be recommended by their supervisors in order to qualify, a chance to learn what's happening in the world beyond the classroom.
What makes this program different, though, is the support of not only a major university and federal and state governments, but also a major U.S. corporation.
Funding of $3 million is being provided by the Tennessee Department of Education and the U.S. Department ...
