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Of Laplace and Theodolites

Oft in the media there is a renewed focus on discussing the quality of elementary school education as well as whether teachers in the public school system (those supported through direct tax payer dollars) should maintain their job by tenure or merit. This question to me is really two fold - the curriculum design /quality thereof in question and the delivery mechanism (i.e. the teacher in the classroom) used to translate it from the archaic prescription to usable and worthy material fit for consumption by the young minds walking in the school doors. As it relates to the former I think the modern public schools - and there is a wide variation in it depending on what part of the country you are in - adhere to a fairly robust data content which however could use a lot more tweaking with relation to cultural awareness building. I shall explain shortly. Aside from that the delivery of the same seems to be lacking severly in the quality of the elementary or high school staff employed by ...