From the Huffington Post. The latest Pew research poll has established that American teenagers aren't doing as poorly on international science tests as adults think. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/american-teens-science-tests_n_3134326.html?utm_hp_ref=@education123 In fact most adult American adults think that teenagers science knowledge are far lower than they actually are. Indeed, 12 countries had higher scores and nine countries had lower scores. There were another dozen with scores comparable with Americans. Even still, only 11% of surveyed adults thought that science should be given a greater emphasis in the schools. In keeping with our paradigm of the PSA (Polarized States of America) Democrats and Repulicans disagreed significantly on whether there should be a greater emphasis on science. You got it. The Democrats thought more, the Republicans thought less, 17% vs 7%. O...
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