This shouldn't be surprising, since I remember attending honors classes with a student who once asked whether Mexicans spoke Spanish or...Mexican: While the U.S. remains a leader in sci-tech innovation, our populace is still falling behind when it comes to general science knowledge, according to a biennial report released by the National Science Board.
Surveys of fourth- and eighth-graders show improvements in math, but science development is still lacking. Indeed, among all demographics, there's a gap in science knowledge, with European- and Asian-Americans scoring higher than others. Many Americans couldn't even answer correctly when asked if the earth moves around the sun (The New York Times helpfully reminds us that it does).
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