New report ranks U.S. teens 29th in science worldwide

[BlueJazz]

...And You wondered why so many Americans think the Earh is 6,000 years old ??

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Finland emerged at the top of 57 countries in science, according to the 2006 survey results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The US ranked 29th, behind countries like Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Liechtenstein, and ahead of just nine other OECD countries.

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"What once was the gold standard is now not even at the OECD average, which shows you how much the world has changed," says Andreas Schleicher, who helped write the report. The US is average in the number of students at the highest levels of scientific literacy, but has a much larger pool – nearly 1 in 4 – at the bottom, Mr. Schleicher notes. "We have stand-alone studies that suggest these kids have grim prospects in the labor market," he says.

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. It measures student literacy in science, math, and reading (focusing this year on science) among 15-year-olds, and is an often-cited reference for policymakers sounding the alarm bells about the state of education in the United States and its implications for the ability of Americans to secure jobs in a global economy.

[R_M]

1. If a Rethug wins next year, we are bound to...

fall even further behind.

[Journeyman]

2. Gonna be hard to find a foam finger for that ranking. . .

guess we'll have to rely on some clever wordplay cheer to celebrate our success. Good thing we have a former cheerleader in the Oval Office.

[kestrel91316]

3. That high? Really??

Things are so bad, I have no idea WHERE the next generation of university professors are gonna come from to teach science, let alone where the professional scientists and engineers and physicians and veterinarians and such are gonna come from.

What is scary about young people these days is not just the lack of knowledge about the world they live in, but the rampant lack of interest in learning anything (other than who got eliminated from Dancing With The Stars).

[marmar]

4. But I bet our kids can name the last 4 American Idol winners.....

So there! :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: