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Nature 435, 874-875 (16 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/435874a; Published online 15 June 2005
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Science education: Hothouse High
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- Kendall Powell is a freelance science writer in Broomfield, Colorado.
Abstract
Do US high schools dedicated to science generate future academics or burnt-out whiz kids? Kendall Powell catches up with some of the first pupils to graduate from 'nerd school'.
Sixteen years ago this month John Wilson, Heather Stevens and Rod Rippey graduated with the first class of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. On a recent Monday evening, in a tavern 15 minutes from their alma mater, they reminisced about their days at the science magnet school.
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