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Send the Legislators Back to School?

By Anthony | January 21st, 2006 | 3:42 pm

Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars has a great idea on how to keep legislators from monkeying around with our school science standards:

We don’t allow people to practice in many fields without demonstrating that they have some expertise in it. We won’t even let someone cut hair without a cosmetology license in this country. And yet we allow ignorant legislators pass laws on those issues without demanding that they know anything about them. I propose a new rule – before a legislator is allowed to propose a change or vote on an issue involving high school science standards, he must first at least be able to pass the AP exams in the basic sciences with a good grade.

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One Response to “Send the Legislators Back to School?”

  1. David Boyd Says:
    January 22nd, 2006 at 8:33 am

    Might we ask that they pass economics as well?