Last month we highlighted our Quadrennial Survey of High School Physics Teachers. Using data from the survey, we have looked at the availability of high school physics. We report that about 95% of high school seniors attend a high school where physics is offered regularly—either every year or every other year. A U.S. Department of Education publication notes that “high-rigor courses access is not a reality across all of our nation’s schools: Nationwide, … 60% offer physics.”

Topics
Education
1.
See “
High School Physics Availability
” by
S.
White
 and
C. L.
Tesfaye
 (
April
 
2014
) (available at: https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/high-school-physics-availability-0) and
Google Scholar
 
“
High School Physics Availability
” by
S.
 
White
 and
C. L.
 
Tesfaye
 (
April
 
2010
) (available at https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/high-school-physics-availability).
2.
“
A First Look
,”
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
(
June
 
2016
), p.
6
(available at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/2013-14-first-look.pdf).
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