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Congressman: Poor Science Education Could Unravel U.S. Economy

May 14, 2007 /

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Science education in the United States is broken. So says Congressman Bart Gordon, chair of the House Committee on Science and Technology in a scathing criticism that he wrote for the Spring issue of Issues in Science and Technology. Gordon argues that China and India will crush the United States unless there are substantial improvements to American science education.

Full Discussion: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/05/poor_science_ed.html

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Here’s what Rob and Terry Ryan are doing to improve the science education at Hamilton High. What are you and your community doing? http://matr.net/article-22749.html

Rob and Terry Ryan and Hamilton High School – a successful collaboration. "We want to keep our kids here. We want to make our kids better thinkers." What can you do to help?

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