Female Students in STEM

Submitted by Bonnie Bracey (not verified) on September 5, 2007 - 22:29.

The fact is that science has been shortened in instructional life in the early years ( K-6) to a very small part of the curriculum. 20 minutes a week? How realistic is that ?

Many children therefore, are tracked out of the kinds of pathways that would lead to their interest in science this particularly affects girls, minorities, and those who need school as the rsource place to learn about science, math, engineering and technology and to find meaningful

Some of us are advocating for the inclusion of science in NCLB, and in meaningful ways with the support of technology, engineering and math as parts of the components.

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