- Undergraduate Research Statement
- K-12 Education Statement
- Career Options for Physicists
- Advocacy for Science Education
- K-12 Assessment and Science
- Kansas State Board of Education Decision
- Research in Physics Education
- AIP-Member Society Statement on the Education of Future Teachers
- Principle on Educational Program in Science and Mathematics
- Creationism
06.2 Advocacy for Science Education
High-quality and accessible science education is essential for an informed and well-functioning society. The American Physical Society, through its Washington Office, will advocate support of appropriately peer-reviewed programs that foster and improve undergraduate and graduate science education or that seek to improve education of K-12 science teachers.
Revision approved by Council on November 10, 2021
Adopted by the Council on September 23, 2021
Category: Education
Adopted by the Council on September 23, 2021
Category: Education
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APS Statements are public policy statements that undergo a meticulous process of draft and review, including receiving comments from APS members, before being voted on by APS Council at one of its semiannual meetings.
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- Addressing the Global Energy Challenge: Accelerating the Transition to Carbon-Neutral Energy Sources
- Statement on Earth's Changing Climate
- Control of the U.S. Nuclear Complex
- The Use of Nuclear Weapons
- Physical Science Research Funding
- Science and Technical Advice for Congress
- Freedom of Scientific Communication in Basic Research
- Visa Rules and Government Procedures Hampering U.S. Science and Technology
- Nuclear Testing
- DOD Funding for Basic Research
- Security and Science at the Weapons Laboratories
- The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- Conservation of Helium
- Nuclear Energy
- Reaffirmation of Statement on Scientific Review of Research Facilities Funding
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