LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s math education department plans to recruit teachers during the fall for a new program designed to boost students’ interest in careers in the sciences.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/TNvDtu) the university received a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a program called Louisiana Mathematics Masters in the Middle. It’s designed to provide professional development to teachers in Iberia, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.

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