Envisioning A New Path For K-12 Science Education

In recent years many policymakers and organizations — the National Research Council among them — have sounded alarms about the need for better science and engineering education in the United States. But what can actually be done to improve it? What needs to change in American classrooms? A new report from the National Research Council offers a framework to serve as the basis for new K-12 science education standards — one that embodies a significant shift in how science and engineering are taught.

Sara Frueh

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