In his STEM Education blog for US News, Jason Koebler informs readers about the National Center for Education Statistics report [ http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012026.pdf ] showing that more American students took Algebra 2 courses in 2009 (75 percent) than compared to students in 1982 (40 percent). This trend is a step in a positive direction toward the goal proposed by Tom Luce, former CEO of the National Science and Math Initiative in September 2011. Additionally, the number of students taking calculus classes has increased by 4.3% since 2000, and those taking pre-calculus is up 8% since 2000. High school graduates taking chemistry increased from 33% in 1982 to over 70% in 2009, while approximately 33% of graduates took physics, and nearly all took biology. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/18/american-students-are-taking-harder-math-science-courses
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