Wednesday, December 29, 2010

This Week In Education: Comparisons: The "PISA Myth" Everyone Loves

This Week In Education: Comparisons: The "PISA Myth" Everyone Loves

Comparisons: The "PISA Myth" Everyone Loves

image from 3.bp.blogspot.comEveryone loves the "US schools are awful" myth, according to this post (The amazing truth about PISA scores) Ezra Klein noted in Wonkbook this morning. Why?

"The liberal left in U.S and in Europe loves this myth, because they get to demand more government spending, and at the same time get to gloat about how much smarter





Thompson: "You'd Be Surprised, The Soldiers That We Get Today,"

Armytraining"You'd be surprised, the soldiers that we get today," the director the Army's fitness school told NPR's Frank Morris. After years on their couches playing video games, recruits "can't do simple motor function movements." Sound familiar? But no one's addressing the situation. If educators