🚀 go-pugleaf

genzuk@mizar.usc.edu (Michael Genzuk) writes:
> We need schools that deal
> fully with issues of diversity; schools that look frankly at matters of
> prejudice and equity; schools that support, celebrate, and integrate the
> cultures, languages, and backgrounds of their students; schools that
> incorporate the curriculum and the teaching strategies appropriate to the vast
> range of learning styles, cultures and needs that are found in our
> multiethnic, multiracial society.
> ... 
> The bottom line is that if we don't prepare our students for the 21st
> century and the global marketplace, we will descend into mediocrity.
> We can make a difference, it won't be cheap, but we can make a difference.

I agree that integrating cultural diversity into public education is important,
but there is a severe lack of funds for other subjects besides cultural such
as MATH and SCIENCE.  The above excerpts say nothing about them.  Math and 
science are inherently expensive subjects to teach. They are materials
intensive (computers, books, lab equipment, etc.).  Math and sciences are 
equally important in "prepar[ing] our students for the 21st century and the
global marketplace."

Ignorance of the world around us is just as bad as ignorance of the people
around us.

Flames encouraged,
Steve


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