Quote:
Originally posted by Bardan the Slayer:
"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?" -- George W. Bush
If this is a man who is a 'cut above the rest', I hate to see what America's school system is churning out.
|
Here is an article you might be interested in. Of course it is a UN report so it probably does not mean very much. It seems that spending more per student does not necessarily mean better results either.
Canadian teenagers trailed only Finland, Korea, Hong Kong and China in a test designed to gauge the reading abilities of students nearing the completion of high school. Other countries in the top 10 were Japan, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Britain. The United States placed 16th.
http://www.nationalpost.com/utilitie...2-4EC0C0B4624C