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How Do You Fix Education?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wtb-better-schooling-pst dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "Carl Wieman is the 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Physics but what he cares most about is fixing science education. The real issue is, can someone who went through 20 years of science education as a student, lived his life in academia since then and even got a Nobel prize get a fair shake from bureaucrats who like education the way it is — flawed and therefore always needing more money?"

5 of 949 comments (clear)

  1. Re:War on science by purpledinoz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't know we were at war with the country Critical Thinking. Are we winning?

  2. Re:War on science by treeves · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, and this is just more evidence that the real problem is that people just don't have enough maps.

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    ...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
  3. Successful troll is successful by Pinky's+Brain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Very nicely constructed post to show how no one reads the articles.

  4. Re:War on science by Romancer · · Score: 3, Funny

    And such.

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    ) Human Kind Vs Human Creation
    ) It'd be interesting to see how many humans would survive to serve us.
  5. Re:War on science by Romancer · · Score: 3, Funny

    And Such.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

    (Note: this post is not redundant if you get it.)

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    ) Human Kind Vs Human Creation
    ) It'd be interesting to see how many humans would survive to serve us.