NRC Calling For Science To Receive Equal Footing With Math, Reading

Education Week (6/24, Fleming) reports that the National Research Council has released a report calling for science to "be tested as frequently and taught as rigorously as math and reading to ensure a high status in the nation's classrooms. The report also urges policymakers to craft new assessments for all the STEM subjects." The NRC plans to release a new set of standards for STEM education in the coming months, and "produced the report in response to a congressional request to the National Science Foundation to identify the nation's most successful K-12 STEM schools and programs."