National Lab Day Seeks to Leverage Hands-on Learning to Broaden Science's Appeal

The U.S. is lagging in science and math education-- on a 2006 international test , American teens scored below the average for developed nations in both scientific and mathematical literacy. But the U.S. has traditionally been a tech haven, bestowing on the world the iPod, Microsoft Word and Google (not to mention the predecessor to the Internet itself). So it is fitting that someone would create a tech-based solution to try to close the education gap, an American approach to an American problem. [More]

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