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| Subject: How to Ditch the Common Core and Teach Kids Real Skills Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:14 pm | |
| A radical plan for reinventing K-12 educationIn the most recent international comparison of school achievement, among the 34 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, the U.S. ranked 17th in reading, 20th in science and 27th in math, behind such countries as Portugal, Italy and Spain. (Shanghai China ranked 1st.) The results are virtually unchanged from previous years. And our top students are doing particularly poorly. For example, in math, only 2% of U.S. students scored a 6 (the highest), compared with 31% in Shanghai China. The U.S. is moving toward mediocrity in a world that requires anything but.
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http://time.com/3559588/how-to-ditch-the-common-core-and-teach-kids-real-skills/ |
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