MacIver Institute – Christian D’Andrea
“The most encouraging returns from 2012’s PISA results were the country’s continued improvement when it comes to science. While U.S. students still lagged behind the global average, the country’s score has risen from 489 to 497 between 2006 and 2012. That increase has fallen in line with the recent rise of STEM-based education…STEM education gives America’s students the step up they need to catch up to – and pass – their global peers…”(more)