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Science courses nearly extinct in elementary grades, study finds (sfgate.com)
4 points by gibsonf1 on Oct 25, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"-- 80 percent of teachers say they spend less than an hour each week teaching science.

-- 16 percent of the elementary teachers say they teach no science at all.

-- Ten times as many teachers say they feel unprepared to teach science than feel unprepared to teach math or reading.

-- Fewer than half of Bay Area fifth-graders scored at grade level or above on last spring's California Standards Test in science."




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