The Education Function

The Baileys (nanotech@cwix.com)
Sat, 05 Dec 1998 09:07:24 -0500

If you live in the United States you know how inadequate the public education system is. The following report illustrates how American schools are incompetent in the areas of science and mathematics education:

http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/sciencemath981203.html

The articles refers to the education functions of Sweden, the Netherlands and other countries. I realize this list is frequented by individuals from various foreign countries. I am interested in what your own view of your country's education function is and how it is structured (primarily public or private, year-round or summer vacation, class lengths, curricula content, science and mathematics approach, extracurricular activities, amount of field trips, etc.)

A well-educated populace is generally a more rational populace. So that's my tie-in to the list's subject matter. :)

Doug Bailey
doug.bailey@ey.com
nanotech@cwix.com