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A lot of what you describe is voluntary, and regional. For example the state of Massachusetts has one of the best education systems in the world.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/n...

Other aspects of it have a lot to do with the bimodal population distribution, for example the lack of passenger rail. If you look at other aspect of the US rail system for example freight you will quickly find the US is absolutely world leading. For example the US ships 10x more freight by rail than Europe does.

Ultimately what counts is economic output. There is no indication whatsoever that the US economy is declining to third world standards. If you spent some time in the third world as I have you'd find the idea ridiculous.

The US is ridiculously heterogeneous. States like Alabama have third world education systems, while states in the Northeast are as good as any in the world.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/n...

Top US universities also dominate world rankings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Combine the results of the good states with top universities and an economy that is good at allocating capital and you get a lot of innovation.

The shame is the human waste. Imagine if the rest of the country had secondary schools like those in the northeast.

In some places they do.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/n...

Well...

My wife went to public school in Massachusetts in the 1960s and 1970s and in her town they taught personal finance as part of the curriculum. I think a lot of that kind of forward thinking went out with ed reform, which focused on more traditional academic subjects. Massachusetts was early on the ed reform bandwagon, and consequently our students perennially top the nation in math, science and reading scores in the past decade. It sounds like the Mass DoE is looking for a way to shoehorn back in some of the content that got squeezed out.

Speak for yourself. The public education system I went through is one of the best in the world.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.aspx?id=4457

And as far as health care, well we don't have a problem with that either.

In the state I live in (Massachusetts) $3,333 won't even cover a year at a community college.

This table lists the estimated cost of in-state (i.e. subsidized) tuition and fees for all state supported colleges in Massachusetts for the last 10 years, without room and board.
http://www.mass.edu/campuses/res_total.asp

In 2012-13, a year at community college was in the 4-6k range, state colleges 8-10k, and 11-12k for a UMass campus. Room and board goes for roughly 6-7k at a state college and 10k at UMass. Even if you find a job in college that covers all of your non tuition expenses (good luck), you're entering this job market with between 32k and 50k of debt, add room and board alone and that becomes 60-90k. And if you want to attend a more prestigious university, you're looking at 50-60k per year.

Add years of underemployment after graduation to that and it's easily a lifetime of crippling debt.

FASCIA doesn't make me think of any scary diseases ;) - what it reminds me of is:

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A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required. Please note that a master's degree or any other advanced graduate degree will not satisfy the bachelor's degree requirement. To verify completion of a bachelor's degree, please forward an official transcript to the Office of Educator Licensure.

1. Describe the rock cycle and explain that there are sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have distinct properties (e.g., color, texture) and are formed in different ways.

There are a myriad of other guidelines, of course, but in all the K-12 Science standards the word "algorithm" doesn't even appear. If not for a book called "Code" I would have had to enter my first CS course without knowledge of what an algorithm was, how decimal numbers were represented in binary and hexadecimal, and a myriad other of the most basic concepts that are useful foundations for functioning in a digital world.

I know that folks are going to point out that I'm talking about state specific guidelines, but these are mostly determined by the federal standards in order to remain in compliance with the No Child Gets Ahead Act. I've provided links for California, Massachusetts, and Kansas curriculum in an attempt to present a cross section of the country--search each for "igneous" and "algorithm" and you'll get the idea.

I'm not saying that the ACM has my complete support on this, simply that standards for evolving disciplines, most notably science, might be well served by inclusion of some more modern concepts.

I think what I was thinking of was here at 4.B.3.

So let's do what we do best: /. 'em.

Write to the principal who implemented this rule: gheppe@attleboroschools.com

And to her boss, the superintendent: pdurkin@attleboroschools.com

And to anyone else you can find on this page: http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=so&ot=5 &o=68&so=70-6

http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=so&ot=5 &o=636&so=649-6

Michael J Welch, Principal
Mailing Address: 115 A Street
Framingham, MA 01701-4195
Phone: (508) 620-4963
FAX: (508) 877-6603
E-mail: mwelch1@framingham.k12.ma.us

Strangely, I'm inclined to agree with Mr. Gates on this one. The High School experience has become that of "7 hours of MCAS-Prep" here in Massachusetts. Hell, they've dropped World History from the curriculum. Entirely. Gotta love the NCLB act, eh?

• Babson College Wellesley
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• Boston College Newton
• Boston Conservatory, The Boston
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  and Allied Health Sciences Boston
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George H Bush (to be carrier)
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Willam Clinton (joke/maternity ship)
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Ofcourse fact are nothing you are going to bother yourself with. There are a certain number of democrats in there too fyi.

Well, fortunately it only costs about $2000 a year at MassBay Community College . Oops, I'm sorry. I guess you're telling everyone you go to Harvard now .

Hmm, guess if I had a feminine name like "Dana Edwards", I might make stuff up too. Of course you're still young and immature, born January 28 1991. That might be why you lie so much. Maybe you'd like a little fanmail to cheer you up? Here folks, luciansk@collegeclub.com .

That's great that you have such respect for your teachers at MassBay Community College . Oops, I'm sorry. I guess you're telling everyone you go to Harvard now .

Hmm, guess if I had a feminine name like "Dana Edwards", I might make stuff up too. Of course you're still young and immature, born January 28 1991. That might be why you lie so much. Maybe you'd like a little fanmail to cheer you up? Here folks, luciansk@collegeclub.com .