The science that the NRC and the AAAS describe is foreign to most teachers and students. Very few teachers at any precollege level have experienced research and fewer still have any support for integrating student inquiry into the crowded curriculum. Recognize and organize teachers supporting extended inquiry. These pioneering teachers need to be recognized, their successes documented, and their techniques replicated. Develop curricula that support extended inquiry.
Scientific inquiry requires skills, experiences, and attitudes that can be taught.
However, few published curricula address this and few are under development. Expand teacher research opportunities and relate these to teaching. The numbers of teachers who work in research labs, Earthwatch expeditions, and the like, need to be greatly expanded and then supported by new programs that convert their research experience from simply a good background exposure into classroom activities and ongoing student inquiry. Support school-based scientific research. Schools can generate data of scientific interest while teaching important research concepts.