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Improving Mathematics and Science Education

A multiyear, National Science Foundation-funded study found weak positive associations between reform-oriented mathematics and science instruction and achievement. Encouraging teachers to adopt such instruction is unlikely to be an effective strategy for promoting large and rapid student improvement.

U.S. Leads the World in Science and Technology With Help of Foreign Scientists

An inflow of foreign students in the sciences -- as well as scientists and engineers from overseas -- has helped the United States build and maintain its worldwide lead in science and technology.

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Shmuel Abramzon

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Hebrew University; B.A. in economics and philosophy, Hebrew University

Brien Alkire

Associate Director, Force Modernization and Employment Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE; Senior Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in electrical engineering, UCLA

Robert H. Anderson

Senior Information Scientist
Ph.D. in mathematics, Harvard University; M.A. in mathematics, Harvard University; B.A. in physics, UC Berkeley

Mark V. Arena

Senior Physical Scientist

J. Scott Ashwood

Research Programmer
M.A. in political science, University of Rochester

Dave Baiocchi

Engineer
Ph.D. and M.S. in optical sciences, University of Arizona; B.S. in physics, DePaul University

Edward Balkovich

Senior Information Scientist
Ph.D., M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

James T. Bartis

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in chemical physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sc.B. in chemistry, Brown University

Matt Bassford

Director, Defence and Security, RAND Europe
Ph.D. in environmental chemistry, University of Bristol; M.B.A., Imperial College, London; B.S. in chemistry, University of Bristol

Kirsten Becker

Survey Director
M.S. in international health, Harvard University; B.A. in health and society, Brown University

Douglas S. Bell

Adjunct Research Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services, University of California, Los Angeles; M.D., Harvard Medical School; B.A. in biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University

Bernadette Benjamin

Research Programmer
M.S. in biostatistics, University of Washington; B.S. in mathematics (statistics), University of Washington

Sandra H. Berry

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

James H. Bigelow

Senior Operations Researcher
Ph.D. in operations research, Stanford University; B.S. in mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

Tora K. Bikson

Chair, Human Subjects Protection Committee (RAND's Institutional Review Board); Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. and M.A. in philosophy, University of Missouri

John Birkler

Senior Management Systems Analyst
M.S. in physics, University of South Carolina; B.S. in physics, Roanoke College

Irv Blickstein

Senior Engineer
M.S. in engineering management, The George Washington University; B.S. in industrial engineering, Ohio State University

Michael Boito

Senior Cost Analyst
M.P.A. in public administration, Syracuse University; B.A. in political science, Macalester College

Timothy M. Bonds

Vice President, RAND Corporation; Director, Army Research Division (RAND Arroyo Center)
M.B.A. in business administration, Washington University in St. Louis; M.S. in aero/astro engineering, University of Illinois; B.S. in aero/astro engineering, University of Michigan

James Bonomo

Senior Physical Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in physics, University of California, Berkeley; B.S. in physics, California Institute of Technology

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