Science in The United States
According to "The Influence of the National Science Education Standards on the Science Curriculum" by James D. Ellis of the University of Kansas:
"Teaching for depth of understanding of important science concepts is preferred, rather than recall of science facts. Teaching less content in depth is better than covering too much content superficially."
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—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.”
—Carlos Fuentes (b. 1928)
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