Scientific Elites vs. Illiterates

Posted by michael on Thursday August 23, 2001 @10:23AM from the if-it-stinks-it's-chemistry dept.

Rackemup writes "An article at Technology Review examines how it's possible for the same education system to produce both scientific elites and illiterates. While the article is kind of hard on current Elementary school teachers (whom the author says are hostile towards the scientific studies because becoming an Elementary teacher is the only way to graduate from college without needing to take a single science course), he does raise the issue that if we gave these teaching positions the pay-level and respect they deserve it would be much easier to attract Doctoral-level people to fill them."

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Re:Why don't we fund schools better?? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-08-23 10:43 · Score: 1, Informative

people who want to learn should not have to pay a dime for it.

They don't. Public schools are already free. The problem is that there is a lot of waste at all levels of the bureaucracy so most of the money does not end up in the right areas.

Of course, if the students do not want to learn, then nothing is going to make them learn.
It ain't the money. by glrotate · 2001-08-23 10:46 · Score: 2, Informative

Look at Iowa. They are near the bottom for per pupil spending, and also near the top on achievment.