Perhaps this highlight how abysmal the K-12 educational system has gotten in the US.
"If opponents of immigration had succeeded over the past 20 years,...."
Which opponents might that be?
All we need is a flood of doomers on this thread that claim "I will never send my son/daughter" to the school of their choice, because there is no "future" in the degree he/she seeks to pursue.
Putting aside the fuzzy math assumptions, who are these "opponents" of "immigration?"
This just shows why we gotta keep immigrants coming. As long as the brain drain comes to the US we are in good hands! It means we have the best oppourtunities here.
There is all the difference in the world between legal and illegal immigration. It sure as heck ain't the 15M+ illegal Mexicans dominating math scores.
I'm all for very liberal legal immigration policies: If you have a college degree, or the money to start your own business, or buy property here, by all means come on in!
If you are here to squeeze out a baby and get on the welfare gravy train... that's something completely different.
The writer of this article draws conclusions that prove that we Americans must be stupid at math, as math and logic are often intertwined.
First of all, I would like to know if these students had a different primary educational background in science and math than U.S. students. Is there a key ingredient missing that causes natural-born Americans to be woefully deficient in these subjects?
It would also be interesting to find out the educational background of the 40% of American students who also scored high in math and science.
The article doesn't mention which percentage of these high-scorers who are schooled in private or public settings. Perhaps there is a specific region of the U.S. that these students emigrated to which generally has higher scores in math and science than others.
There is just so much left out.
The writer of this article draws conclusions that prove that we Americans must be stupid at math, as math and logic are often intertwined.
First of all, I would like to know if these students had a different primary educational background in science and math than U.S. students. Is there a key ingredient missing that causes natural-born Americans to be woefully deficient in these subjects?
It would also be interesting to find out the educational background of the 40% of American students who also scored high in math and science.
The article doesn't mention which percentage of these high-scorers who are schooled in private or public settings. Perhaps there is a specific region of the U.S. that these students emigrated to which generally has higher scores in math and science than others.
There is just so much left out.
Please include original titles when posting.
Thanks.
Maybe the reason is that the parents of the Indian students place their emphasis on school work and not on soccer games and dance class and gymnastics class. My 13 year old daughter has friends who are on the go from one extra-curricular activity to another, from the time school ends until 8 or 9 at night. When they do homework I'll never know.
where is their loyalty ?