Two Million and Counting

I recently came across some information about a documentary film with the title,
"Two Million Minutes". It refers to the approximate amount of time in the last four years of a person's high school education. It compares what happens with that time in the USA, India, and China. It probably wouldn't surprise you to know that, from an American perspective, the news is not very good.

Here is a link to the home page of the documentary. On that site you can also click on "BLOG" and you will see a couple of articles from the Wall Street Journal that I think you would find valuable to read. One of the articles is, "Study Finds Sharp Math, Science Skills Help Expand Economy" (from 3-3-08) and the other is "Education Panel Lays Out Truce in Math Wars" (from 3-5-08).

To me, it is a little like global warming. Will we take action before it is too late?
Math (and Science) teachers cannot do this by themselves but they can certainly be in on the beginning of finding solutions.