The Science Education Myth

xzvf writes "BusinessWeek says that you should not listen to the conventional wisdom. According to a new report, US schools are turning out more capable science and engineering grads than the job market can support. 'The authors of the report, the Urban Institute's Hal Salzman and Georgetown University professor Lindsay Lowell, show that math, science, and reading test scores at the primary and secondary level have increased over the past two decades, and U.S. students are now close to the top of international rankings. Perhaps just as surprising, the report finds that our education system actually produces more science and engineering graduates than the market demands.'"

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Not for long...

[Fuzzypig]

Once those insidious creationists get their claws even deeper into the education system, all that good science stuff will be put on the back burner in favour of other more "suitable" topics for today's troubled youth.