Strengthen Science Education and the Scientific Workforce
To equip today’s students with the skills to fill the technical jobs of tomorrow, we must improve science and mathematics education at the K-12, community college, undergraduate, and graduate levels.
We need to encourage talented people to enter science and engineering fields. Workforce policies must respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by an aging demographic, a more diverse workforce, and major shifts in employment practices.
ACS supports efforts to
- Enable lifelong, strong, inquiry-based science education for everyone in both formal and informal settings to improve the scientific understanding of all our citizens.
- Strengthen the quality of teaching through increased partnership and support of pre- and in-service training of educators from the kindergarten through the graduate school levels.
- Encourage women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities to pursue scientific careers.
- Enhance the ability of all scientists and engineers to bring specific technical and non-technical talents to the U.S. workforce.
- Strengthen professional opportunities and employment-related incentives for science and engineering practitioners.