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The First Year at a Special School Steve Davis and Phyllis Frothingham THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 JUNE 1981 The First Year at a Special School Steve Davis and Phyllis Frothingham a time when reports in science and mathematics of Soviet expansion of is a consideration, the pri­ ~ school mathematics mary one. and science programs coin­ Students pursue an inter­ cide with reports of large disciplinary academic pro­ federal cutbacks in funding gram, an approach the fac­ for training in science and ulty believes is most effective mathematics in the United for the teaching and learn ing States, one state is making a of talented young people. giant effort to retain and re­ Student interests in science affirm educational excel­ and mathematics combined Watts Hall, the most historic building on campus, is the future home lence in those disciplines. of the Mathematics Department and Computer Center. with the determination of the The people of North Carolina faculty to develop those in­ have established the North Carolina School of Science and terests have resulted in rich offerings in science and mathe­ Mathematics. The School, created in 1978 by the North Car­ matics. The four members of next year's Mathematics De­ olina General Assembly at the suggestion of GovernorJames partment, two of whom have doctorates in the field, will offer B. Hunt, Jr., is located in Durham.lt is a statewide, residential, twelve different levels of mathematics ranging from Algebra/ coeducational public high school which provides a chal­ Trig to Ordinary Differential Equations. While pure acceler­ lenging education for eleventh and twelfth graders in sci­ ation is not the primary goal of the program, courses are ence and mathematics. offered which enable a student to cover two years of a tra­ One hundred fifty juniors, now completing their first year, ditional program in one year. The emphasis of the mathe­ are looking forward to welcoming a new junior class in Sep­ matics program is on problem-solving and breadth of math­ tember 1981. Thereafter, enrollment is scheduled to increase ematical experience. Students learn quickly that mathemat­ by approximately 150 annually to a maximum of 900 stu­ ics is not a spectator sport. A program of independent study dents. As this first year of operation draws to a close, mem­ is considered a necessity, and the faculty is committed to ories of last September's inconveniences of cold showers providing the resources essential for successful indepen­ and partially renovated rooms are fading as the realities of dent learning. a quality academic program, established by a dedicated Special emphasis is placed on integrating the use of the founding faculty, are becoming apparent. microcomputer into the total school curriculum, and today, The School is located on the site of the former Watts the mathematics, science, and music programs are using Hospital and School of Nursing in a residential area on the the microcomputer as a tool to help the student learn. The west side of Durham. The $8 million campus was a gift of science and mathematics faculty is designing software to Durham County. It consists of 27 acres and 15 buildings; help students use the microcomputer in the science labo­ however only a few campus buildings are being used during ratory as a tool for acquiring and processing experimental the fi rst year of operation. data. Microcomputers are also used to augment topics cov­ Competition for admission to the School is intense. There ered in the mathematics classroom, especially those where were 900 applications for the 150 openings last September graphics can aid a student in understanding difficult mate­ and 672 applications have been received for next year's ju­ rial. nior class. Every attempt is made to enroll a cross section of To provide the essential bridge between the sciences and the eleventh grade population of the State of North Carolina. all of human affairs, the School also provides a strong pro­ Family income is not a consideration since tuition and room gram in English, foreign languages, the arts, and social and board are provided. However, potential for achievement (continued on page 8) 2 Anderson Urges Restoration of Science science itself but also for the useful applications of science and of science education to problems of society. None of the Education Funds members of the Executive Board of CSSP are from organi­ The following testimony was presented to the NSF Autho­ zations involved primarily in pre-college education. We do rization Hearing of the Senate Committee on Labor and Hu­ not speak out of self interest except as improved pre-college man Resources on April 7, 1981 by R. D. Anderson in re­ education in science, mathematics and communications sponse to the proposal from the Reagan Administration that skills would benefit all of our professional communities. In­ the NSF Science Education Directorate be effectively ter­ deed, this emphasis on the crisis in pre-college education minated in FY 1982. Anderson is President of the MAA and may actually be against the immediate financial interests of Chairman of the Committee on Science Education of the those organizations which have major concern for under­ Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP). graduate education per se. "This testimony is to amplify the following position Some amplification of the military manpower aspect of the adopted by the Executive Board of the Council of Scientific crisis is in order. The military manpower problem is similar Society Presidents. to, but perhaps more acute than, the problem of getting a The Executive Board of the Council of Scientific Society better trained civilian work force. The two together create a Presidents strongly supports President Reagan's position much more serious long term problem. There are known that increased productivity is the essential ingredient to con­ problems with recruiting qualified people at various levels, trol inflation and to make the economy healthy. To achieve particularly at the high school graduate level. The supply of increased productivity we not only need a high level of sci­ military personnel comes primarily from the supply of young entific and technological innovation but a work force at all males in our population. There is a known more-than-25% levels able to use and exploit current and future technolog­ decrease in the 20 year old population from 1981 to 1993. ical advances. This means that in the mid-nineties to maintain present num­ A major crisis is developing in pre-college education for bers for the military we shall have to recruit 35% more of the science and technology. There has been a pronounced long­ young age group at a time when other demands for quanti­ term deterioration in average student performance as mea­ tatively and technologically oriented people will be in­ sured by tests and judged by faculties. There are serious creased both by the short supply of young people and by the shortages of qualified teachers in science and mathematics. increasing demands of technology for better qualified civil­ And these are occurring while there is much greater need ian work force entrants. for technologically and quantitatively-orientedpeople. Other We must begin now to reverse the pattern of deteriorating countries such as Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union student performance as evidenced not only in test scores appear to be rapidly outstripping us in pre-college education but in the emergence of much remedial work in many col­ in this technological age. leges and un iversities. Only the federal government can give the needed impetus To this end, CSSP has created a panel to design in some to a national commitment for excellence and specifically for detail a Presidential Commission for Excellence in Educa- a rethinking of priorities in education for science and tech­ nology to achieve this excellence. The Administration's pro­ posal for a nearly total elimination of the Science and En­ gineering Education budget of the National Science Foun­ dation, together with the abolition of the NSF Directorate for Science and Engineering Education, are counter-productive and totally against our national interest. Rather, there sbouta be refocused NSF and other federal efforts to identify and address the serious problems facing education for science and technology. For example, upgrading the scientific, is published by the Mathematical Association of America, mathematical, and technological competencies of teachers 1529 Eighteenth Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20036, in at the pre-college level needs to command a high priority. March, June, September, and November. Not only is much overall education effort needed to achieve Editor: Marcia Peterson Sward, MAA Associate Director desired productivity increases but it is also very much Co-chairmen of the MAA Newsletter Editorial Committee: J. needed to address the current and prospectively more seri­ Arthur Seebach and Lynn Arthur Steen, SI. Olaf College. ous future military manpower problems. A key example is Readers are invited to submit articles, announcements, or that of recruiting personnel capable of being trained to main­ Letters to the Editor for possible publication in FOCUS. All materials should be sent to the Editor at the MAA Headquar­ tain and operate increasingly sophisticated military equip­ ters in Washington, D.C. The deadline for the next issue is ment. July 15. We urge the Congress to restore funding to Science and Copyright © by the Mathematical Association of America Engineering Education at NSF to a level compatible with (Incorporated),1981. overall NSF funding, to maintain the Science and Engineer­ The member's subscription price of $1 is included in the ing Education Directorate, and to encourage the National annual dues. Science Board to refocus the Foundation's science educa­ Postmaster: Send address changes to Membership/Subscrip­ tion effort toward pre-college education for science and tions Department, Mathematical Association of America, 1529 technology.
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