Education back on the table
This weekend, President Obama released plans for an overhaul of “No Child Left Behind,” including $4 billion in funding for schools nationwide. It’s hard to make out the details at this point, but it looks like we’ll see a shift from punishments to grants, and from expansive testing standards to college prep.
Meanwhile, the New York Times features a debate on charter schools – just as it seemed they were taking over, former proponents are calling them into question. It seems now charters are leaving the public school systems in several urban areas with the worst students and little state or community resources…
With a renewed focus and investment into primary and secondary schools and a bubbling financial crisis in higher education (now with fully fledged protests!), the time is right for a public re-examination of education’s core principles. What do we owe, as a nation, to our kids? Why? And most important, who should pay for it?
-Colin
Related posts:
- No one reforms my kid’s education
- Reason and faith in higher education
- Is exercise part of education?
- Finance, marketing, Plato
- Ivy League vs. armed forces
ShareComments
Leave a Reply
