Integrating statistics into the secondary curriculum

Our experiences with high school students have indicated that statistical concepts can be introduced meaningfully into the secondary curriculum by integrating them not only into the existing mathematics curriculum, but also into other non-mathematics subjects. Curricula must be changed to reduce the amount of material covered and to focus on fewer basic concepts that can be applied to a wide variety of problem situations in the real world. Statistical and other scientific approaches to problem-solving should play an important role in the education of all students.