¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä

University of Colorado at Boulder officials confirmed Saturday that all six ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder students who were studying in Chile or had weekend travel plans to the country for the start of an academic program are safe.

The University of Colorado at Boulder has received a grant of up to $2.4 million to improve teacher education in math and science following a nationwide competition that included submissions from more than 50 universities. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder's grant is one of 12 being awarded by the National Math and Science Initiative to implement programs modeled after UTeach, a highly successful math and science teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Austin.

A growing program at the University of Colorado at Boulder is working to combat what many experts call a looming crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. Known as the Colorado Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Learning Assistant project, its goal is to improve introductory math and science classes at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder and to recruit and train future K-12 science teachers, according to Valerie Otero, director of the program and an assistant professor in ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder's School of Education.

A growing program at the University of Colorado at Boulder is working to combat an impending crisis brought on by a shrinking pool of new K-12 science teachers. Known as the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics-Teacher Preparation project, it involves a collaboration between the School of Education and six campus science departments.