Interesting opinion on education.......

[harleygirl]

The panel created by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings fails to recognize why other countries are "passing us by at a time when education is more important to our collective prosperity than ever" (" Panel calls for 'urgent reform' of higher education," News, Aug. 11).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20...ldstudentsmoreaccountablefortheirowneducation

 

[kwillia]

In many other countries, it's students who are held responsible for learning. For example, in Germany, students at the end of the fourth grade are divided into two tracks - the university track and non-university track - according to abilities and performance at school. If students don't perform well in the university track, they move to the non-university track.

Teachers can only point the way. Students need to be held accountable and failed when they don't make the grade. But our system holds teachers responsible; they're at risk when students fail.

Sounds reasonable to me...

 

[Lenny]

"So, explain to me why we need to create yet more bureaucracy and taxpayer-funded entitlements so even more kids can go to college?"

This guy has the right attitude. Maybe he can run for the Senate in Conn.