Dare To Compare
A big part of the reformy agenda is predicated on the notion that even affluent American kids suck at learning; this must mean our schools stink and we need to ___ (fill in your particular reformy "solution" here).
Thus, we have pieces by Amanda Ripley bemoaning our awful, awful schools:
Thus, we have pieces by Amanda Ripley bemoaning our awful, awful schools:
The most respected international tests of teenagers around the world (PISA) has consistently shown that our most-affluent kids do not perform as well as the most-affluent kids in the highest-performing countries around the world (even though our rich kids are richer than their rich kids). PISA measures students’ economic, social and cultural status to
