Report: Poor science education impairs U.S. economy – "Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5"

If U.S. students matched Finland’s, for example, analysis suggests the U.S. economy would grow 9%-16%.

Stagnant scientific education imperils U.S. economic leadership, says a report by leading business and science figures.

Released Thursday at a congressional briefing attended by senators and congressmen of both parties, the report updates a 2005 science education report that led to moves to double federal research funding.

Nevertheless, the "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12999 review finds little improvement in U.S. elementary and secondary technical education since then.

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

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