GOOD school science education is expensive. It requires specialist teachers, laboratories, equipment, technicians and consumables. Many countries have made a substantial investment in school science, yet there is growing evidence that by the time students get to the age of 15, most of them have been turned off science.
The most striking findings come from an ongoing international study known as the , co-ordinated by Camilla Schreiner and Svein Sjøberg of the University of Oslo in Norway. The , from tens of thousands of children in more than 20 countries, show…
