Science for All Americans

In Science for All Americans, F. James Rutherford and Andrew Ahlgren brilliantly tackle the devastating problem scientific illiteracy in America. Based on Project 2061, a scientific literacy initiative sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this wide-ranging, important volume explores what constitutes scientific literacy in a modern society, the knowledge, skills, and attitudes all students should acquire from their total school experience from kindergarten through high school, and what steps this country must take to begin reforming its system of education in science, mathematics, and technology.