Deans Seek Improved K-12 Science Teaching

By Meg Sommerfeld

Arlington, Va.

More than 120 deans of education and science from colleges and universities across the country met here last week to talk about how to turn out better K-12 math and science teachers.

"The compelling issue is that we are seeing a lack of talented people interested in going into the sciences, and we want to change that," said John D. Petersen, the dean of the college of science at Wayne State University in Detroit. "But you can't wait until the freshman year of college to...