Education is fundamental to learning, development and preparation for career and life.
We’ve always believed that if you invest in anything, invest in education!
However, despite initiatives like No Child Left Behind and Every Child Succeeds Act, scores in the fundamentals like reading, math, and science all lag behind other advanced industrialized nations.
As of 2015, the U.S. ranked a stinking 38 out of 71 nations in K-12 education.
Yet, it is seemingly the complete opposite, with college education, the U.S. has about 75% of the top 25 schools.
However, the comparison is flawed because university rankings are based not on student academic performance, but rather on research performance, including things like journal articles published and Noble Prize winners.
When academic proficiency is tested for American adults, the rankings again lag and are at best mediocre.
While there are many dedicated and good teachers, still too many teachers and unions continue to fight testing and reform so that progress of our education system continues to fail our children and our nation.
We need to end education by memorization, and focus instead on hands-on learning (by doing), critical thinking and problem-solving.
Sleeping through a lecture may not mean a student is missing squat in the current failed education system.
(Source Photo: The Blumenthals)
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