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June 20, 2001
Dennis Redovich
Disputes conservatives' contention about the quality of US Public Education
by Dennis Redovich
According to an analysis of Nobel prizes awarded in science over the past century, the United States leads the world in technology and in the quality of its scientists.
According to an analysis of Nobel prizes awarded in science over the past century, the United States leads the world in technology and in the quality of its scientists.
Paradoxically, the general news media, and the experts it chooses to quote, frequently state the following two seemingly mutually exclusive ideas about the US educational system:
1. American elementary and secondary education is not competitive with and on average is below the level of education in other countries, particularly in science and mathematics.
2. The quality of American colleges and universities is generally considered to be exalted in the world of postsecondary education.
How could both of these statements be correct? The answer is: they aren't. The first statement is absolute nonsense and the second is absolutely true.
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