Friday, July 29, 2011

TheDartmouth.com: Klein urges public school reform

TheDartmouth.com: Klein urges public school reform

Klein urges public school reform

By Emily Fletcher , The Dartmouth Staff

Published on Friday, July 29, 2011

Former New York City public schools chancellor and current News Corporation executive vice president Joel Klein described the “crisis” facing the American school system in an increasingly globalized economy and explained how competition and innovation can improve the quality of schools in a lecture in Moore Theater on Thursday. Klein, who lectured to an audience of approximately 350 people, is the sixth speaker in the Summer term lecture series, Leading Voices in Politics and Policy.

The public school system’s powerful aversion to innovation is preventing Americans from