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Thursday, October 30, 2008
What is a “world-class” education?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I watched Barack Obama’s infomercial last night hoping to learn more about his education plans. With everything else going on education hasn’t gotten much attention this election season.
But then Obama promised people a world-class education.
Politicians, superintendents and others like to tell people their schools will be world-class, but few explain what that means.
Does it mean our kids will score at the top of a future TIMSS study? Does it mean that we will have the highest graduation rates in the world? Or does it mean our schools and colleges will graduate students with enough skills and knowledge that companies will not have to look overseas for employees?
What do you expect from a “world-class” education?
ECONOMY UPDATE: We’ve blogged about this several times before, but here’s an update on cuts being considered by DeKalb County school leaders. Also, Cherokee County won’t build one of five new elementary schools because of declining revenue caused by the troubled economy.
