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Science -- Study and teaching -- United States

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National Science Foundation: Education-Research Overview

The National Science Foundation (NSF) works on a number of outreach programs designed to improve the quality of science education. This website provides information and materials on this work by offering visitors classroom resources, reports on recent studies, and other materials. First-time visitors can click on the "Education Discoveries" to learn about how the NSF's research has been applied to...

https://new.nsf.gov/focus-areas/education
Perspectives on U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology

For people interested in the continued dominance of the United States in the worlds of science and technology there is one crucial question: "Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge of science and technology?" This was the primary question on the minds of those convened by the RAND Corporation to a meeting in November of 2006. At the request of the Under Secretary of Defense...

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/conf_proceedings/...
Project 2061

Launched in 1985 and dedicated to the educational changes we must make before Halley's Comet next returns to our skies, Project 2061 is a long-term effort to reform "science, mathematics, and technology education for the 21st century." The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) developed several panels of Project 2061 scientists, mathematicians, and technologists to redefine...

https://www.aaas.org/programs/project-2061
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Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12: Investigation and Design at the Center

Middle and high school STEM educators and administrators may want to check out Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12, a consensus study report published by the National Academies Press in 2019. Newer STEM education structures like the Next Generation Science Standards aim to foster an environment where students learn by doing and engage more deeply with the content. In accordance with this...

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25216/science-and-...
Teacher Institute: Exploratorium

The Teacher Institute at San Francisco's well-regarded Exploratorium was started in 1984, and since that time they have trained thousands of educators to excel at content-based discussions and to more effectively use web-based teaching resources. On the homepage, visitors interested in taking part in one of their workshops can learn more about their offerings, including their Summer Institutes....

https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/teacher-institute
TERC

The Hub is an Internetworked resource for mathematics and science education whose goal is to transform the technological potential of recent developments in telecommunications into services of value to educational policy-makers, administrators, educators and students in the Northeast and the islands. The Hub provides services that can help to publish curricula, projects in progress, requests for...

https://www.terc.edu/
The Evolution of Science Curriculum

A vote by the Kansas Board of Education on Wednesday will change the way science is taught in the sunflower state. The decision, to virtually do away with any mention of evolution from the school curriculum, is a huge victory for those espousing creationism. The fact that theories of evolution will not be included in state assessment tests may also discourage teachers from including material on...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/1999/0813
The Nation's Report Card: Science

In late 2001, this report was released from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Nation's Report Card: Science 2000, gives the results of a survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showing, "on average, what students know and can do" in science. NAEP reports that fourth-graders' and eighth-graders' scores were largely unchanged since 1996, but that...

https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/