The singular way to do it would be to employ math teachers with math/science degrees, not (just) teaching degrees. I had 3 teachers in high school with a math/science PhDs (I went to a magnet school), and their teaching was heads and shoulders above all the other teachers...save one, who I believe had a Master's in physics.

This means I disagree with madmaze. Change the teachers, and the curriculum changes will follow. Change the curriculum with the same teachers, and you get New Math < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math >, which had some good ideas but was doomed.

Problem is, math and science degrees are a lot more expensive to employ.

more precisely how do we change the curriculum? and how do we ensure that all schools have enough access to computers to use them as a teaching and learning tool