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Nature Physics on “educate to innovate”

Will Sesame Street, video games and robots get school children interested in science, asks Nature Physics in an editorial this month (6, 1; 2010)? From the Editorial: “We will restore science to its rightful place.” President Barack Obama’s explicit nod during his inauguration was eagerly welcomed by scientists. Now fresh applause has greeted the ‘educate to innovate’ campaign, launched by the president last month. A nationwide effort “to move American students to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next decade”, the programme brings together businesses and non-profit groups to invest in the education of 

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