Resource Type

[Clipping: Students thrive on learning: Louisiana School challenges 400 of the best #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Students thrive on learning: Louisiana School challenges 400 of the best #1]

Photocopy of an article discussing the program at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts on the Northwestern State University campus.
Date: 1987
Creator: Markley, Melanie; Westerfield, David & Fields, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Students thrive on learning: Louisiana School challenges 400 of the best #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Students thrive on learning: Louisiana School challenges 400 of the best #2]

Photocopy of an article discussing the program at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts on the Northwestern State University campus.
Date: 1987
Creator: Markley, Melanie; Westerfield, David & Fields, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: High school students to invade NT: Gifted juniors and seniors get head start at college] (open access)

[Clipping: High school students to invade NT: Gifted juniors and seniors get head start at college]

Article discussing the proposal to establish the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science including plans for the school and funding needs. Partial articles are on the back of the clipping.
Date: February 19, 1987
Creator: Longoria, Michele
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Concerns Aiding Programs for Gifted (open access)

Economic Concerns Aiding Programs for Gifted

Article by Ellen Flax discussing the establishment of college-level programs for gifted and talented students in the United States.
Date: May 13, 1987
Creator: Flax, Ellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campus to open math, science academy (open access)

Campus to open math, science academy

Newspaper article by Nancy Mathis detailing the opening of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science in Denton, Texas.
Date: July 14, 1987
Creator: Mathis, Nancy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: NT develops academy that is one of a kind] (open access)

[Clipping: NT develops academy that is one of a kind]

Article discussing the start of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science in fall 1988 including some background information on the program and plans for the next three years.
Date: September 18, 1987
Creator: Myers, Shyloa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academy awaits board completion, first meeting (open access)

Academy awaits board completion, first meeting

Newspaper clipping of an article by Jay Johnson, noting that the TAMS advisory board is more than half complete, and that Dr. Rogers Redding hopes to have it filled and meeting within a few weeks.
Date: October 2, 1987
Creator: Johnson, Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: It adds up -- shortage of mathematicians looms] (open access)

[Clipping: It adds up -- shortage of mathematicians looms]

Article discussing the lack of trained mathematicians in the United States and the declining number of people in the U.S. earning doctorates in math since 1972.
Date: December 13, 1987
Creator: Associated Press
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: $289,000 in funds given for academy] (open access)

[Clipping: $289,000 in funds given for academy]

Article discussing donations from from various businesses, residents, and organizations to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. It includes background information on the program and the first students who will attend when the school opens. Parts of articles and ads are on the back.
Date: 1988
Creator: Bennett-Cobb, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Texas math and science academy deserves support] (open access)

[Clipping: Texas math and science academy deserves support]

Article submitted to the "My Word" column discussing the opening of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at UNT, and why the program deserves support from citizens in Texas. A partial article and ad are on the back of the clipping.
Date: 1988
Creator: Langley, E. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Math & science academy gives high school students two-year head start on college studies, technical, scientific careers (open access)

Math & science academy gives high school students two-year head start on college studies, technical, scientific careers

Photocopy of an article by Rogers Redding, explaining the concept behind the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, as well as the way they hope to implement it.
Date: 1988~
Creator: Redding, Rogers W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Top students get preview of NT academy (open access)

Top students get preview of NT academy

Article by Dawn Bennett-Cobb, reviewing the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science preview day, and giving on overview of how the academy came into being.
Date: January 31, 1988
Creator: Bennett-Cobb, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Top students visit NT (open access)

Top students visit NT

Article by Steve Delafield and Julie Scherer, detailing the visit of high school students for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science preview day.
Date: February 2, 1988
Creator: Delafield, Steve & Scherer, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Help science, math academy (open access)

Help science, math academy

Article giving a brief history of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, stating that business leaders across the state should be willing to fund the academy as it will help the economy.
Date: March 24, 1988
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Four Pages from Leadership News, March 1988] (open access)

[Four Pages from Leadership News, March 1988]

Four pages from a newsletter including an article discussing various schools with dedicated math and science programs, including the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: March 31, 1988
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: NT academy gets $100,000 donation] (open access)

[Clipping: NT academy gets $100,000 donation]

Article discussing a donation from the Sid Richardson Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. It includes background information on the program and similar programs across the country. Part of an editorial and cartoon are on the back of the clipping.
Date: April 28, 1988
Creator: Kukis, Heidi
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Newspaper clipping: Academy students score high; funding falls short of mark] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping: Academy students score high; funding falls short of mark]

Photocopy of an article about students at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, including information about the first class of students and the funding from the Texas Legislature.
Date: July 20, 1988
Creator: Schere, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The cream rises: Academy opens with brightest high school juniors] (open access)

[Clipping: The cream rises: Academy opens with brightest high school juniors]

Article discussing the first students who attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas. Parts of other articles and ads are also included.
Date: August 24, 1988
Creator: Gilberto, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Students finish high school with college credit (open access)

Students finish high school with college credit

Article by Kristi Burchfield in the Denton High School Newspaper, giving details about the newly established Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas.
Date: December 9, 1988
Creator: Burchfield, Kristi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biologist isolates receptor responsible for PMS effects (open access)

Biologist isolates receptor responsible for PMS effects

Newspaper article discussing the work of a member of the University of North Texas's biology faculty resulting in the isolating of a serotonin receptor.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Adler, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Academy reflects educational leadership] (open access)

[Clipping: Academy reflects educational leadership]

Guest column discussing the five "chief virtues" of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program. Portions of other articles are on the back.
Date: 1989~
Creator: Stanely, Julian
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: TAMS closes first year with success] (open access)

[Clipping: TAMS closes first year with success]

Article interviewing students in the first class of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program at the University of North Texas.
Date: 1989
Creator: Janos, Cathy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Last Page of Clipping] (open access)

[Last Page of Clipping]

Last page of an article discussing the success of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and suggestions that its model be used for other states.
Date: 1989~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spirit of partnership contributes to UNT academy's success (open access)

Spirit of partnership contributes to UNT academy's success

Newspaper editorial praising the partnership between business and education that funded the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: 1989~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library