Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Math and Science teachers should be paid more than other teachers

The news is grim. Will this be the wake up call?

BOSTON --Massachusetts teachers are ill-trained to teach rigorous science and math to students, whose lack of preparation for the high-tech world jeopardizes the state's economy, according to a report released Wednesday.

The report from Mass Insight Education, a Boston nonprofit organization, said that if the United States was 15th in the Olympics, as the nation is currently ranked in mathematical scores, it would be a "national embarrassment bordering on scandal."


"American students lag scandalously far behind their international peers. Massachusetts (and other states dependent on skills-based jobs) is headed for economic disaster if we do not enable our children to compete in an increasingly technological world."

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