It has taken prodding by industry, business, and government leaders - alarms going off, even - but science education is getting an upgrade in many classrooms across the region.
At Fern Hill Elementary School in West Chester, third graders perform a scientific experiment in which they use their senses to describe substances. Science education is beginning earlier in many schools. (MICHAEL S. WIRTZ / Staff Photographer)Read more
by By Connie Langland, SPECIAL TO THE INQUIRER, Inquirer
