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The Boston Globe ran this editorial: A wake-up call for science education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest alarm bell just rang and it’s official. The United States is once again missing from the list of top-10 science and math education countries. A new Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study confirmed that America lags behind many other industrialized countries at the task of preparing tomorrow’s labor force. Long-term economic growth depends on a fully competent talent pool, including workers who can excel in a technology-based economy. But young people in many less-developed countries now outperform their American counterparts in both science and math.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mentioned this study back when it was released in December<\/a>. But the Globe’s editorial is still relevant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Boston Globe ran this editorial: A wake-up call for science education. The latest alarm bell just rang and it’s official. The United States is once again missing from the list of top-10 science and math education countries. 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