A New Approach to Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education. Backgrounder No. 2259

Autor/inn/en	Lips, Dan; McNeill, Jena Baker
Institution	Heritage Foundation
Titel	A New Approach to Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education. Backgrounder No. 2259
Quelle	(2009), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Change; Engineering Education; Science Education; Mathematics Education; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Educational Policy; Federal Programs; Federal Aid; Educational History; Labor Force Development; Educational Quality; Educational Needs; Federal Legislation; Educational Environment; Politics of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Ingenieurausbildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Mathematische Bildung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Arbeitskräftebestand; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bundesrecht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational policy
Abstract	The authors express reservations about additional federal funding for the National Science Foundation, including new funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs, provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. For more than 50 years, American political, business, military, and academic leaders have emphasized the need to improve performance in STEM education, but U.S. students continue to underperform in these subjects. The authors advocate that, rather than focusing on federal solutions and increasing federal spending, policymakers and the private sector should refocus attention on systemic education reforms at the state, local, and school levels to increase the number of students who succeed in STEM fields at school and in the workforce. (Contains 38 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10