Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous
The United States has led the world in fiscal ebullience, innovation and entrepreneurship thanks to exactly the kind of teaching we are now told to eradicate. A broad general education helps foster critical thinking and creativity.
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In order to protect American jobs and be successful critical thinking is, in the end, the only way.
One reason to value a liberal education lies in its roots. The most valuable skills students need are the ones that are uniquely human, that computers cannot quite figure out like flexibility, common sense and judgement.
In order to protect American jobs and be successful critical thinking is, in the end, the only way.
One reason to value a liberal education lies in its roots. The most valuable skills students need are the ones that are uniquely human, that computers cannot quite figure out like flexibility, common sense and judgement.
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