USA Today (9/24, Vergano) reports, "Stagnant scientific education imperils US economic leadership, says a report by leading business and science figures. Released Thursday at a congressional briefing attended by senators and Congress members of both parties, the report," titled "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" is an update of "a 2005 science education report that led to moves to double federal research funding." USA quoted former Lockheed Martin chief Norman Augustine, the head of the panel that produced the report, saying that the report "paints a daunting outlook for America if it were to continue on the perilous path it has been following."
Study Shows Transient Nature Of Foster Care Impairs Learning. USA Today (9/24, King) reports, "Preliminary data from a 10-year study released Thursday, looking at how California foster kids stack up against their at-risk peers, suggests that academic challenges posed by poverty, disability and language barriers are compounded when those children also have to shuffle from school to school because they have no permanent family. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, shows that foster children consistently scored lower in state English and math tests, even when factors such as income, race and learning disabilities were taken into account." According to USA Today, "The data was released at a Capitol Hill news conference by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and Fostering Media Connections, which are hoping to spotlight the issue in Congress."
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