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Study: American Public Concerned over State of Science Education
Among the findings, only 12 percent gave science education a grade of "A," and 87 percent said more funding should be devoted to science education. The vast majority also agreed that science education could be improved through more hands-on classroom activities (97 percent), more teacher professional development (94 percent), and more parental involvement (94 percent).
Seventy percent of respondents also said that the United States is not the current world leader in science, and 65 percent said the United States will not be the world leader in science in the next 20 years. But almost all (96 percent) said that it is important for the United States to be a leader in science education.
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