According to the Federal Government's National Assessment of Educational Progress report released last week, about two-thirds of U.S. fourth-graders, seventy percent of eighth-graders and seventy-nine percent of 12th-graders failed to show proficiency in science in 2009.
So, why are American youths falling behind when it comes to science and what can be done?
CNN Education Contributer and Founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School Steve Perry talks to Kate Bolduan about science in America's public schools.