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U.S. Science education reforms: is astronomy being overlooked?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

D.B. Hoff
D.B. Hoff*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA

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In 1981, in response to growing concerns that the United States was falling behind the rest of the world educationally, the federal Secretary of Education created a national commission on excellence in education. This commission was charged with gathering data about the status of U.S. education compared to the rest of the developed world and to define the problems which would have to be faced to successfully pursue the course of excellence in education.

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