Commentary: American War on Science

We've relied on foreign researchers and workers, monstly from India and China, for too many years while Americans' skills in science and math have been falling behind. Now, China and India have such strong science and technology sectors that U.S.-trained researchers are returning home to work. If the U.S. wants to prepare for the future, we need to have our own scientists.

"If this supply of foreign minds is threatened, as it appears to be, by a combination of market forces and government blunders, our only alternative is to cultivate a homegrown supply of science professionals. That means tapping high school seniors who are doing worse in science than at any other point in the past decade, according to results from the Dept. of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress, which was released last week."