August 30th, 2010
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1. Why did parents pressure local governments to reform public schools?
In 2006 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) ranked the U.S. 21th in relation to 57 other participating countries in science literacy. Apparently the scores tell us that the U.S. is way behind the Czech Republic, Croatia, EU nations and Japan. A similar story is to be found in the 2003 PISA report, where the U.S. again performed dismally in relation to other participating countries, falling right behind countries like Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The report found that American students were generally poor at applying what they’ve learned from their math curriculum. It also discovered that there exists…
whenever i visit the Mexican futbol section and I see lame American fans hyping up the sub par U.S. team. Can’t you Americans read? Hello!!! This is the Mexican futbol section! No America is not number 1 in everything. Look at the following stats: 44th in healthcare, 42nd in infant mortality rate, 48th in overall health, and as mentioned above 49th in literacy. Do you realize that we still have 12 year olds who still can’t spell the name of the teacher they’re screwing!!! What do my Mexican friends think of these illiterate Americans going on the Mexican futbol section?
The president doesn’t run the free world by sitting in front of a computer, of course, but does a total lack of computer literacy indicate that a candidate is “out of touch” with the digital era/technology-related issues?
In our modern world, must the U.S. president be able to use a computer? Is computer literacy a requirement to be the leader of the free world? Specifically, would John McCain be a poor choice of president because he has not entered the age of computers? Must a U.S. president be computer literate or can he/she rely on advisors and aides to assist him/her in making decision regarding the internet and U.S. technology? Would a U.S. president push for improvements that took advantage of modern technology if he/she can’t even use a computer?
I just asked a question about whether people would favor a constitutional amendment imposing a literacy test as a precondition to voting and no fewer than 4 people answered that a literacy test is unconstitutional. I’ve never seen a better argument for charter schools.
For example, I just saw a statistic that India only had a 53% literacy rate or something like that. It’s just one example, but do we (or why don’t we) send people over there to try to guide reform and teach education practices?