Sputnik Moment Or No, Science Fairs Are Lagging

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 5, 2011 @02:32AM from the joe-vs-the-papier-mache-volcano dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NY Times is running a story about the response from some high school science teachers to Obama's State of the Union address. It's nice that he wants to celebrate science fair winners, they say, but his obsession with standardized math and reading test scores means they have no time to teach students the fundamentals of how to do science. 'I have so many state standards I have to teach concept-wise, it takes time away from what I find most valuable, which is to have them inquire about the world,' said one teacher."

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Re:"Everybody wins" mentality by Hognoxious · 2011-02-05 04:55 · Score: 0, Troll

"prepare for a job at Burger King" is nothing but abuse.
Seems like you're abusing the BK employees there.
Are they somehow inferior to you, lebbo?

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