Sunday 6 February 2011

It May Be a Sputnik Moment but Science Fairs Are Lagging

As science fair season kicks into high gear, participation among high school students appears to be declining.

And many science teachers say the problem is not a lack of celebration, but the Obama administrations own education policy, which holds schools accountable for math and reading scores at the expense of the kind of creative, independent exploration that science fair projects require.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/us/05science.html

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