Can you be globally competitive by closing your doors and raising test scores?
Can you be globally competitive by closing your doors and raising test scores? “Can America be globally competitive by closing its doors and raising test scores in math and reading?” asked an educator from the Netherlands at an international education conference recently. The question was directed at a speaker from the U.S. who had been telling the familiar story of how miserable American education is compared to other countries such as China, India, and Finland. The question was meant to be rhetorical because the answer should obviously be “no,” at least to ...