Acknowledgments
This report is grounded in decades of work on science education. The committee thanks all the researchers and practitioners who have improved our understanding of how people learn and how to provide better student experiences. We especially thank the hundreds individuals who provided feedback in response to our call for public input early in 2021 and the panelists who presented to the committee. We are deeply grateful to the committee members, reviewers, staff, and funders of previous National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reports related to science education, and especially the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which has funded this work, the Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012), and many other key efforts to improve science education. Thank you to Phil Gonring for serving as our writer. This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. We thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Shafiq Chaudhary, Math and Science Bureau, New Mexico Public Education Department; Kelvin K. Droegemeier, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma; Sarah C. R. Elgin, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis; Robert E. Floden, College of Education, Michigan State University; Maya Garcia, Standards and Instructional Support, Colorado Department of Education; Angela H. Quick, Education Workforce Development, RTI International; Ann Reid, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, California; Maria Chiara Simani, California Science Project, and Physics Department, University of California, Riverside; Nicole Smith, Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University; Carl E. Wieman, Department of Physics, Stanford University; and Susan Gomez Zwiep, BSCS Science Learning, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this
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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2021). Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26152.
