Reinventing Education
Thursday, January 21, 2016 23:37
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The U.S. spends more per student than any other country in the world (link is external)yet perennially scores among the lowest among developed nations and not improving while other countries are
As troubling, despite a half century and literally trillions of dollars and enormous effort to try to close the achievement gap, that gap remains nearly as wide as ever.
Yet “reformers” continue to mainly just tinker around education’s edges:
- Remodel school buildings, remove graffiti.
- Ensure classes are taught by teachers with the right license
- Raise standards. The mantra is “All students can learn to high standards.”
- Lower class size, as if the same teachers teaching the same curriculum at a ratio of 1/15 will make that so much difference compared with 1/30 to justify doubling the cost of the teaching force. The data is clear it doesn’t.
- Emphasize multiculturalism.
- Start education earlier (Head Start, even though the metaevaluation indicates it’s ineffective) and lengthen the school day. In other words, give kids more of what doesn’t work.
More dramatic changes deserve to at least be pilot-tested. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer example of a pilot test I’d be excited about. I call it SuperSchool.
Source: http://martynemko.blogspot.com/2016/01/reinventing-education.html
