tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541979398191373640.post3158151655868413133..comments2023-10-17T03:34:04.053-06:00Comments on Wizards of Oz: Great Public Schools (Yes, in America!)deichmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13358324721299617982noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541979398191373640.post-29078194816903920472007-09-05T21:47:00.000-06:002007-09-05T21:47:00.000-06:00Hi Shane,Few ppl realize that high scoring states ...Hi Shane,<BR/><BR/>Few ppl realize that high scoring states on international math and science tests like Singapore are quietly sending their officials to visit the best American public schools to find ways to make their own educational system less rigid, rote-based and narrow.<BR/><BR/>We have some amazingly good and bad schools here, along with an underachieving middle. Our educational "leaders" in government refuse to use tests that would compare apples to apples (i.e. test the actual improvement of the same child or cohort from year to year instead of different groups) or use fixed goalposts so they can game the annual results to their political needs.<BR/><BR/>I have great reservations about many aspects of American schools but there are more gems out there than most ppl realize.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283319657103608208noreply@blogger.com