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Well it’s deja vu all over again. We remember the intensive emphasis on math and science education that followed Sputnik. Secretary of Education Duncan recently emphasized the need for more and better trained math and science teachers in the years ahead. He recognized that this may require incentives such as salary differentials and loosened certification requirements to attract outside talent.

It is imperative that our education system produce the skilled mathematicians and scientists to maintain our place in an increasingly technological world. While incentives such as those proposed by Duncan will anger many and run into union obstacles, we think Duncan is on the right path here.