Lift Off to Better Science Education

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News

A boost in math and science education is important for today’s youth according to the Center for Excellence in Education. The Center’s Research Science Institute is the only cost-free for selected students to attend. The Center’s annual Capitol Hill luncheon Tuesday featured an example of the ultimate rise within the sciences field.

The keynote speaker and CEE Trustee was 2006 Nobel Prize Recipient in Physics , Dr. John Mather, who discussed his experiences in the field and his current projects. “I knew from childhood that science was interesting…My parents read to my sister and to me from biographies of Galileo and Darwin,” Mather said.

While discussing the Nobel Prize winners that have helped the Center President Joann DiGennaro said, “they’ve really worked with boots on the ground. They have created. They have been innovated and many of them have come from humble backgrounds.”

New programs from the CEE will help to evaluate the state of skills in American high school students excelling in math and science fields. DiGennaro, said, “We believe we can make a significant difference and we’re not asking the government for the money to do it.”

Honorary luncheon host Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) complimented the CEE’s work of capturing the standard of excellence in education and hard work that are “quintessentially American.”