The U.S. lags far behind other developed countries at the K-12 level in terms of measured performance in math and science courses. What can be done to change that? Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Alan Murray, Wall Street Journal (Most Emailed)
Faults: Needs concrete examples, needs to be contextualized for someone not familiar with how public education works in this country.
Another round table on the "problem of education" without the presence of experts on learning. As a math/science teacher I find this type of article depressing and way too commonplace. The three "experts" consist of the Chancellor of NYC public schools, a political post controlled by the Mayor, a university president (typically a public relations / fund raising job) and a law school dean. The consensus approach here is pro-business, anti-union and pro-charter, with no justification other than ideological as to why this approach should work.
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