Those who can afford only public school are at immediate disadvantage at college or the workplace because of dire undereducation, and it makes itself felt in the bank account.
You wish that you did not have to introduce the metric system and metric prefixes in science courses for non-majors, but here at Tumbleweed State you have to. You also can't rely on the kids having basic facility with algebra. Some are stupid, but others are undereducated; we are mopping up after the poor highschool. These are the kids that plump for allied health professions.
Also: we seem to be rolling back the Enlightenment: Enlightenment: "man's emergence from self-incurred immaturity"
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Is there any evidence that better education causes increased earnings? I've seen a lot of articles arguing that it doesn't. Particularly this recent SSC post: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/19/teachers-much-more-than...
You wish that you did not have to introduce the metric system and metric prefixes in science courses for non-majors, but here at Tumbleweed State you have to. You also can't rely on the kids having basic facility with algebra. Some are stupid, but others are undereducated; we are mopping up after the poor highschool. These are the kids that plump for allied health professions.
Also: we seem to be rolling back the Enlightenment: Enlightenment: "man's emergence from self-incurred immaturity"