The American Association for the Advancement of Science calls for science to be taught in schools


Rupert Cornwell of the Independent reports that the American Association for the Advancement of Science is lobbying "mainstream" religious groups in America (i.e. not fundamentalists) to oppose legislation pending in 14 states to give "equal time" to "intelligent design" in the science curriculum. They note that enrollment by American-born students in science courses has dropped dramatically and that a majority of PhDs are granted to foreign-born students (many of whom are returning to China or India to pursue their careers when once they would have stayed in the US). Unless the teaching of science in American high schools is made more rigorous and more attractive US industry will face shortages of skilled personnel in the future. Maybe we'll see the American Mathematical Association defending the teaching of the "theory of zero" in mathematics classes after challenges against it for it being a foreign Hindu-Arab concept which is one of many equally plausible and competing theories such as the Christian-Roman theory of counting.

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Posted: Mon - February 20, 2006 at 09:25 PM        

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