> Wow, you must think we're all morons. > http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2007/sb20071025_827398. > htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story > The Science Education Myth > Forget the conventional wisdom. U.S. schools are turning out more > capable science and engineering grads than the job market can support
Just select members of this list obviously. But the stats speak for themselves, in the last comparison, in 2003 (there is one being conducted now, the report should be out late next year) in terms of mathematicsthe United States was well behind such intellectual powerhouses as Latvia, http://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/t03cdrpt_chapter4.pdf. Regarding sciences the US did not perform as poorly but was still 9th, http://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/T03_S_Chap1.pdf In other words you're wrong. While above average (especially when compared to countries such as Iran, Ghana and Chile), the mean scores on sciences and maths are well behind Singapore, Korea, Estonia and Japan. Given the resources that the US has, it should be considerably higher on these measures. When the 2007 TIMSS results come out next year hopefully the US will show some improvement. http://nces.ed.gov/ssbr/pages/international.asp for the full report see: http://timss.bc.edu/timss2003i/mcgdm.html > > > On 10/26/07, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the main problem we have here is that with so many Americans > unable > > to identify America on a globe and don't even realize other > countries exist > > until it is time to go to war with them, it becomes all too easy to > believe > > they don't know what language the English people from England speak, > even > > though the clue is in the name... > > > > -- > > Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
