Future Knowledge

The Future of Knowledge in America

By David Cowan
Knowledge Beat


COSTA MESA, Calif. (March, 8, 2008)-The United States is in trouble when it comes to students at all levels getting the knowledge and resources they need to be of value in the new world.

With the elections raging we look to our candidates to shape a way for which the students of the future can receive quality and easily accessed knowledge.

An article several months ago in the Los Angeles Times responded well to Sen. Barack Obama’s plan to make advanced classes more common and available. This has the benefit of giving more students the opportunity to participate in more challenging classes.

This is a good idea because students would now have a chance to improve their standing in life through greater access to knowledge. That’s what this country use to pride itself on. Now, as William Kirwan puts it, education has moved into a state of "private benefit."

Knowledge should never be denied, lease of all to students. The students in school today are training to fill the roles of people tomorrow. And if they can’t get the knowledge they need, tomorrow doesn’t too to bright.



Editorial. (2007, Dec. 28) American Values and the Next President: ‘The general welfare.’ The Los Angeles Times. Part A. Pg. 30. Retrieved from LexisNexis on March 5, 2008. http://www.lexisnexis.com.mcc1.library.csulb.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T3231407443&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T3231407446&cisb=22_T3231407445&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=306910&docNo=2

Kirwan, William E. (Mar/Apr 2007) How the University System of Maryland Responded. Change magazine. Vol. 39 Iss. 2 Pg. 21-25. Retrieved from Proquest March 5, 2008.

http://proquest.umi.com.mcc1.library.csulb.edu/pqdweb?did=1241830501&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=14436&RQT=309&VName=PQD



David Cowan
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