I’m a regular reader of Tom Friedman’s column, and I wasn’t surprised by his latest enthusiasm: inspiring the nation to commit to a goal of “keeping everyone in school”(NYTimes, 9/2/12). He’s a very credible “can-do” kind of guy, and his belief that America has the ability to thrive in a global economy is convincing because it […]
Trust the NY Times to put its finger on the schism in political thought that divides the country today, especially when it does it by accident. In the 7/19/11 issue, there was a 2-column story on a recent study of discipline in Texas schools. It followed nearly one million students entering the seventh grade through […]
This is not a researched submission. I’m only reacting to the recent flood of hysterical proselytizing by “experts” over America’s imminent collapse because of the crisis in education. It seems that half of the coverage predicts total third-world status for us because we’ll never catch up to those Asian superkids who outperform us at every turn. But […]
