Can NASA and other federal agencies help improve science teaching?
MAY 21, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024352
Science : Carl Wieman shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for making a BoseEinstein condensate. Yesterday, Wieman, who’s now the associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testified before the Senate Commerce Committee about the possible role of federal agencies in teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Wieman advocated letting NASA and other agencies continue to focus on what they do best. Fixing STEM education, he said, will require improving accountability and adopting methods of proven success.
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