US President Barack Obama Publicises Science Education. (January 7, 2010)

 Using the White House as his platform US President Barack Obama emphasised that the United States needed "to move from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math

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 education over the next decade," and lauded those institutions investing in improving STEM education. He went on to note an impending federal government initiative involving US$4 billion whereby states that promise to raise student achievement and improve the quality of their teachers training would be eligible for addition funding from the program.

Science points out that: "Through such events—the teaching awards have been given out since 1983—rarely do they feature public remarks by the president," and, "the Administration is raising expectations that the state of U.S. science education will improve on its watch."

However the journal also cautions that at some point campaign promises won't be good enough.