Ellen Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History, Testifies Before Congressional Committee On Reforming Science Education

Futter Testifies on Science Education
Several young adults writing in notebooks in a Museum exhibition hall as another adult points to a map in a section about the troposphere.

In testimony delivered Thursday, March 4, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Ellen V. Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History, stated that it is essential that the federal government continue to support and fund museums and other science-related cultural institutions as ―powerful catalysts‖ and key players in reforming K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (or STEM) education.