How to grow the economy 9%-16%
by A Person | Published on September 27th, 2010, 9:25 am | News
Improve science education.#48!
•U.S. mathematics and science K-12 education ranks 48th worldwide.
•49% of U.S. adults don't know how long it takes for the Earth to circle the sun.
•China has replaced the United States as the world's top high-technology exporter.
Although U.S. school achievement scores have stagnated, harming the economy as employers look elsewhere for competent workers, the report says that other nations have made gains.
If U.S. students matched Finland's, for example, analysis suggests the U.S. economy would grow 9%-16%. "The real point is that we have to have a well-educated workforce to create opportunities for young people," says Charles Vest, head of the National Academy of Engineering, a report sponsor. "Otherwise, we don't have a chance."
"The current economic crisis makes the link between education and employment very clear," says Steven Newton of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland.
But while nincompoops like Palin, O'Connell, Bachmann, Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity, the entire Texas legislature and Board of Eddymacation, Ben Stein & the Discovery Institute, Ken Ham, Ray Comfort, the Mormons and Southern Baptists are around - why stop at #48 when #58 is within reach.
Let's have some damn elitism for a change. It sure beats - well not even mediocrity - but rank stupidity.
