Jul 11 2012: I believe the resources for learning science and engineering at low cost are already available. As long as you have an Internet connection and a device to connect to it (desktop, smart phone, tablet, etc.), the only cost associated with it is time. Take a look at MIT's OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu) and Annenberg's Learner (http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html).
Since I believe access to the Internet is low cost, what we can do is allow for math and science teachers to take online courses from these great resources during their normal work hours. That should solve the time-cost.
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Since I believe access to the Internet is low cost, what we can do is allow for math and science teachers to take online courses from these great resources during their normal work hours. That should solve the time-cost.