Teach Effectively!

A subcommittee in the US House of Representatives plans to hold a hearing about the effects of inadequate education on the economy. I’ve gotta wonder whether someone will be able to perform the calculus to ascertain the relative benefits of teaching effectively. Let’s see, if students on average benefit as little as 10%/year from receiving effective instruction, after 13 years—without compounding—they would have 1.3 more years of concepts and operations. I wonder what that would do to the workforce.

The House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing discussing the “Opportunities Lost and Costs to Society: The Social and Economic Burden of Inadequate Education, Training and Workforce Development.” The hearing is slated for 14 February at 2:00 p.m. and will be held in 2358-C Rayburn HOB. Contact Cheryl L. Smith, Subcommittee Clerk, Room 2358-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, (202) 225-3508

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