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Re: Who Controls Education ?
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Originally Posted by Norrin Radd
Go to any Engineering school in the country and count the number of Americans.
We are so far behind other developed nations in math and science it is an embarrassment.
The scores from the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment showed that U.S. 15-year-olds trailed their peers from many industrialized countries. The average science score of U.S. students lagged behind those in 16 of 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based group that represents the world's richest countries. The U.S. students were further behind in math, trailing counterparts in 23 countries.
In math, only four countries had average scores lower than the United States. Students in 23 countries had a higher average score, and those in two countries did about the same as the Americans.
U.S. Teens Trail Peers Around World on Math-Science Test - washingtonpost.com
There is no excuse for these scores.
Our education system is the laughing stock of the developed world.
It is time to take education policy away from the socialists and give it back to the people. |
I'm curious to know how you tie your theory about socialism controlling education to the lack of interest and/or ability in pure and applied sciences among American students? And, there clearly is a lack of interest and/or ability in American students.
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