Seems now schools are getting math specialists the same way they have reading specialists. This article also touches on the weaknesses in training in math that teachers get and even the too-common fear of it. If the teacher's afraid of math, it's awfully easy to develop the same in thes tudents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110504776.html?hpid=topnews