It should be noted, however, that we have performed analyses using the crude measure
of years of education with no substantial change in results.
Due to the educational expansion, a certain number
of years of education does not mean the same for respondents born in the 1920s as for respondents born in the 1990s.
I would like to see some sort of equation that includes median income of area, number
of years of education of pastor, number of years of experience, all in comparison with people in the area with similar numbers, and then base pastoral salary on that.
Daniel Weintraub's chronicle of the tortured path of education politics under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger («No Country for Strong Men,» features, Summer 2008) hints at the frustration surrounding the
death of the Year of Education Reform in California, but it fails to reach the obvious conclusion: if the «Governator» can not do it, nobody is likely to do it — now or in the future.
It warns: «If the bill, complete with its amendments, does not pass we face the
prospect of years of an education funding war of attrition where the only losers will be the children and families of public schools.»
American readers may be stunned to learn that the
cost of a year of education at Cambridge for a British citizen is about 3,000 English pounds (~ $ 6,000).
The other thing, which is one of the most important indicators of child survivability between 0 - 5, is the number
of years of education of the mother.
I would absolutely be willing to bet the number
of years of education and my IQ against yours.
Most obviously, the historic advantage of the U.S. in school attainment has come to an end, as half of the OECD countries now exceed the U.S. in the average number
of years of education their citizens receive.