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EDUCATION
- Quality of US education compared to other advanced industrialized nations is poor: US students place from the middle to bottom in achievement in mathematics, science and general literacy in all three major comparative studies. (“Tough Choices or Though Times” 2006 Report)
- It is common for instructors to teach subjects for which they lack a certificate or do not have a college major or minor: In 2002, nationally, between 17 to 28% of public school mathematics and science teachers lack full certification in their teaching field with even higher proportions for teachers in the middle grades. (2006 National Science Foundation Report)
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