Published in the Los Angeles Times July 9, 2013
Eli Broad's criticism of American schools of education as well as the letters commenting on his
op-ed article missed an important, but apparently little known fact: our educational
system has been highly successful.
When researchers control for poverty, American students' international
test scores rank near the top of the world.
The products of our educational system do very well: The US economy is
currently ranked as the 5th most innovative in the world out of 142,
according to the 2013 Global Innovation Index, which is based in part on the
availability of education, new patents and the publication of scientific and technical journal articles.
Evaluating schools of education should
be based on real world results, not descriptions of courses and admission
standards. The kind of criticism Broad makes is like criticizing an Olympic
gold medalist because experts have decided that she did not do enough sit-ups
in training.
Stephen Krashen
Original article:
Letters to the
editor: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-0705-friday-eli-broad-teachers-20130705,0,5455383.story
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