Paul Cottle, professor and undergraduate director in the Department of Physics at Florida State University, has an opinion column in the Tallahassee Democrat outlining the dismal state of science education in Florida. No one wants to step up and do anything serious about this problem.
Florida students are pretty much last in the nation for science.
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Such a declaration should be a rallying cry for the state’s policy-makers, since the twin goals of K-12 science education — scientific literacy for all and the education of a greater number of excellent scientists and engineers — are necessary steps for Florida to make the transition to an innovation economy.
But instead, Florida’s leaders seem to be stuck in neutral — or even reverse — when it comes to science in the state’s K-12 schools.
This is humiliating to hear. I’d love to read the article, but your current link is bad.
I had no idea we ranked so poorly in science.