I’m old enough to remember what happened to school kids like me when Russia launched Sputnik.
It was all hands on deck. The following year the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was passed in 1958, massively increased funding for education at all levels. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The National Science Fo…
We will be apologizing forever for this. I wouldn’t trust America anymore. I remember visiting my relatives in France, and apologizing for W. He had a negative effect on the world with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The felon is a whole other level of fucked. Shit, I don’t trust my fellow Americans anymore. I really thought we had this one in the bag. I really believed we were better than this. We’re not. In the United States, 21% of adults, or 43 million people, have low literacy skills. This …
When you use Bureau of Labor Statistics data instead of lobbyist talking points derived from right wing think tanks.
I’m coming back to this article. Have a plane to catch.. but TFN feels surprisingly fresh to me this morning.