Education Lessons From Around the World
May 20, 2013 RSS Feed Print
The top schools in Shanghai collaborate with those that are struggling to help elevate low-performing schools.
There are lessons the U.S. can learn from its peers around the world.
That was the message delivered by a panel of experts at a discussion hosted by the Center for American Progress last week.
"If we see a lot of countries … outperforming the United States at significant levels, doesn't it make sense to figure out what they are doing and learn from it?" Marc Tucker, president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy, asked during the panel. "Not to copy them, but to adapt and apply."
Roughly 78 percent of U.S. high school students earn their diplomas – a figure that drops below 70 percent for black and Latino students – according to the National Center for