Re:U.S. Students Still Lag Globally in Math and Science, Tes...
by dsr_ on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @12:43PM
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This needs to be emphasized.
US primary education is governed state-by-state. If you compare Massachusetts to the world leaders, you'll discover we have an excellent educational system. If you compare Alabama to the world leaders, you'll see that we are a third-world nation.
States fund education differently. They establish different standards for what children are going to learn, subject by subject. In almost all cases, the basis for these standards is more political (and frequently religiously inspired) than scientific.
US primary education is governed state-by-state. If you compare Massachusetts to the world leaders, you'll discover we have an excellent educational system. If you compare Alabama to the world leaders, you'll see that we are a third-world nation.
States fund education differently. They establish different standards for what children are going to learn, subject by subject. In almost all cases, the basis for these standards is more political (and frequently religiously inspired) than scientific.
Useful reading: http://www.edexcellence.net/publications/the-state-of-state-...
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/