IF we had teachers who taught arithmetic, Music and Art, we’d be ahead of our down trending scientific/engineering/medical curve. These 3 classes in the lower grades teach thinking processes. These classes used to be taught in the lower grades to help students think.
Ah, you don’t know that we have double the number of STEM trained people as can be hired (because H1-B visa holders are always cheaper on average):
http://cis.org/more-us-stem-grads-than-jobs
Really excellent point. School should not focus on teaching only facts. We can get facts on the phones in our hands. We need kids to learn how to think.