Education in the U.S. -- the way it REALLY is

From John Curry, September 12, 2011

American Schools in Crisis
Saturday Evening Post, August 16, 2011
By Diane Ravitch

If you read the news magazines or watch TV, you might get the impression that American education is deep in a crisis of historic proportions. The media tell you that other nations have higher test scores than ours and that they are shooting past us in the race for global competitiveness. The pundits say it’s because our public schools are overrun with incompetent, lazy teachers who can’t be fired and have a soft job for life.

Don’t believe it. It’s not true.

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