American students are falling behind in the essential subjects of math and science, putting our position in the global economy at risk.
Here are just a few examples among many.
Did you know?
•U.S. students recently finished 15th in reading, 19th in math, and 14th in science in the ranking of 31 countries by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
•Only 29 percent of American fourth grade students, a third of eighth grade students, and barely 18 percent of 12th grade students perform at or above the proficient level in science.
The teens in classrooms now will be middle-aged in 2025, when China may travel a New Silk Road that in a multipolar world may lean towards their economic dominance.
The United States is a "melting pot," yet finding itself in stasis/not moving with initiatives to bring people up from rural communities, urban cities, native barrios into the high school AP classes and university laboratories. Our low test scores are a factual justification for outsourcing jobs. This is the diversity in science and engineering I champion.
Fraternity means "fellow shippers." We're all in this boat called the United States, and we need to row...
We can no longer expect our future technical problems to be solved by the usual suspects.
Else, our future may be in the hands of a growing middle class in Asian and European countries, and a dwindling one in our own...
Link: NationalMathandScience.org
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