America has nearly 50 million K-12 students. If schools use proven math instructional methods instead of failed progressive techniques, there would be less need for H-1B visas because there would be more than enough young Americans with the skills companies need. The tech titans at Trump’s inauguration should lean on schools to do just that. It is time to make math great again.
When entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines with his vociferous comments supporting the H-1B visa program, the ensuing debate focused on the implications of his position on immigration.
But this debate obscured the reason America even has such a program in the first place: its homegrown students are being poorly educated in math.
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Elon Musk needs H-1B workers because math education fails our students
Lance Izumi
America has nearly 50 million K-12 students. If schools use proven math instructional methods instead of failed progressive techniques, there would be less need for H-1B visas because there would be more than enough young Americans with the skills companies need. The tech titans at Trump’s inauguration should lean on schools to do just that. It is time to make math great again.
When entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines with his vociferous comments supporting the H-1B visa program, the ensuing debate focused on the implications of his position on immigration.
But this debate obscured the reason America even has such a program in the first place: its homegrown students are being poorly educated in math.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.