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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
We'll certainly keep learning about the impact through then, but if the philosophy works, we should be seeing real results in the 5-10 year period after implementation.
While I'd be happy to concede that the program is not yet fully implemented, responsibility for that lies at Bush's and Hasert's doorstep.
The telling problem is that your guys in DC just haven't stuck by and prioritized this.
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Some planes hit a building and it has been a minor distraction. But the law has not been revoked. We still have the testing in place. And testing is exactly what we need.
Like Bilmore said, all the creative teaching in the world isn't going to do us any good if you can't read and right, and add and subtract. It is very easy to set up test for stuff where "preparing for the test" means actually learning how to read and right and add and subtract.
What that stupid Der Spiegal article didn't point out is that the US dominates the world in the creative department. Our system of higher education also dominates the world. Where the US is failing is with the lower classes with even basic stuff so they can hold any job.
The key to fixing the problem - well maybe we should look how successful developed (and some not so developed nations) nations teach all their children the basics. How do they do it? They test them into the ground. In Japan, Hong Kong and Singaore elementary school is just one big test. You are either taking a test or preparing for one. Not that complicated.
Only the teachers unions could complain about a solution that makes perfect sense and has had proven results.
