We Could Use a Good Myth
This story is posted over at the Huffington Post. Read it here but comment over there. Also, this is not a paid gig. As I told the editors when they invited me, I barely understand politics and I'm Canadian. Yet they still asked me to write. Go figure.
Full disclosure: I'm not an American. I'm Canadian — which isn't all that significant outside of the fact that most, if not all the discussions here on The Huffington Post Education's page are often centered around all that's wrong with American education; most recently around the controversial documentary Waiting for 'Superman' and all the hoopla that ensued.
I've spent enough time reading and interacting with my colleagues to the south to know and sometimes share their deep discontent when it comes to education. The educators I know are passionate, caring people — a few of whom are writing for The Huffington Post. The issue of reform isn't exclusively a U.S. issue by any means. Yet there is a certain angst and polarizing nature to the conversation as Americans seek to figure out what their
