A student says, “Science doesn’t matter unless you want to become a doctor or something like that.”
That’s the brick wall educators are up against as they try to teach math and science. A report from Public Agenda details the results of a study that looked into how parents and students view math and science education. It’s not a happy picture. Those out there in the “real world” who are looking to possibly hire your sons and daughters in the near future are saying that math and science are incredibly important. We as a country are way behind many other countries and getting worse. And yet the attitude is, as the report title clearly states, science and math are “important, but not for me.”
