John Kao has a plan to help U.S. compete, regain foothold in science and technology

Heidi Benson:

As important, is the state of science and math education, particularly in the early grades, where young students' abilities have been in a steady decline. The slip results as much from failings in government priorities as from income and class inequities, Kao believes.

"We are allowing the vagaries of income disparity to waste generations of potential innovators," he says. "In U.S. schools serving low-income students, 30 percent of junior high mathematics teachers majored in math in college." In China, the majority of math and science teachers at all levels have advanced degrees in their subjects.

Related: Math Forum | Math Task Force.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 25, 2007 9:26 AM
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