Learning not to copy China
Could it be we worry too much about China? I'd say so if that fretting is contributing to an erosion of our own strengths, an argument I'm hearing often.
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Seattle Times staff columnist
Yong Zhao
Could it be we worry too much about China?
I'd say so if that fretting is contributing to an erosion of our own strengths, an argument I'm hearing often.
Yong Zhao, an education professor at Michigan State, will speak about that Wednesday in Seattle. (Visitwww.evergreenschool.org to register.)
He decries efforts to replicate the kind of education kids get in India and China with national standards and an intense focus on math and science at the expense of arts and the humanities.
He has a new book, "Catching up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization."