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Please visit the following site for Savannah Black Heritage Festival schedule.
http://www.savannahblackheritagefestival.com/
Some Great African-American Leaders
Frederick Douglass
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Malcolm X
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Rosa Parks
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Thurgood Marshall
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Sojourner Truth
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Daniel Hale Williams
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Ralph Bunche
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Booker T. Washington
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Paul Robeson
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USG Working to Ramp Up Math/Science education and production of Math/Science Teachers
The 19 teacher-preparation institutions in the University System of Georgia (USG) produced a total of three high-school physics teachers in 2006, and University System officials are not satisfied with this low number. The Board of Regents today heard details of an action plan to increase the numbers of both students pursuing an education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and teachers prepared to teach courses in these fields in the public schools.
“The University System is graduating so few students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics that Georgia is in danger of not having what it takes to compete in today’s world economy,” said Dr. Carl Patton, president of Georgia State University. Patton, along with Dr. Jan Kettlewell, associate vice chancellor for P-16 initiatives, presented the regents with a report on the USG Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Presidents’ Initiative.
The University System of Georgia awarded just over 1,400 bachelor-of-science degrees in engineering during Fiscal Year 2006. According to the University of California at Berkeley, the United States and Europe combined produce only 170,000 undergraduate engineering degrees annually, compared to China and India, which together produce close to a million.
In partnership with Gov. Sonny Perdue, the Georgia Department of Education (DOE) and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, the University System of Georgia will, through STEM, pursue a number of strategies divided into three interconnected categories:
- increasing the number of K-12 students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- increasing the number of college students who pursue the STEM disciplines
- increasing the number and quality of teachers prepared in science and mathematics
(USG Website http://www.usg.edu/news/2007/061307.phtml)
Some Highlights from
"Science & Engineering Indicators- 2008" - NSF
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