[MD] school kills creativity

[Otto Zequeira]

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:10 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:


> [Arlo]
> I'd start by looking at the Finnish and Japanese schools, which rank the
> best
> in the world.


I wonder if this approach compares apples with oranges.  Japanese schools,
and many European ones, segregate students at around 8th grade into college
and vocational tracks.  These countries test their college track students.
The United States has the philosophy of giving opportunities to everyone,
and, according to "The Manufactured Crisis", graduate more quality college
graduates per capita than any other country in the world.

I have also read information that some of the countries that we are often
urged to emulate in their education system, like China, for example, in turn
wish to bring American flexibility and creativity to their education
systems.

On the other hand, the book mentioned above does support the concern that U.
S. students fall behind other countries in high school.

So a further question may be how  to keep our flexibility and increase the
quality of education in the United States. Again, please see these links for
some information on that:

http://teachdade.wikispaces.com/School+improvement
http://teachdade.wikispaces.com/Vouchers+pros+%26+cons

Otto Zequeira
http://mdcpsprofessionals.wikispaces.com


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