The United States education system is nothing more than Progressive propaganda. Rather than focus on skills that students need to succeed in a globalized economy, we emphasize indoctrination and historical lies. The Teachers’ Unions have a stranglehold on our system and block any kind of reform. Students in minority urban areas are not taught skills because the Progressives want to keep them oppressed. We don’t have an education system, we have a tax eating bureaucratic system that has political goals, not academic goals.
A new study showing America in 25th place and China surging ahead should come as no shocker.
fifteen-year-olds in the U.S. ranked 25th among peers from 34 countries on a math test and scored in the middle in science and reading, while China’s Shanghai topped the charts, raising concern that the U.S. isn’t prepared to succeed in the global economy.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, which represents 34 countries, today released the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment. For the first time, the test broke out the performance of China’s Shanghai region, which topped every country in all academic categories. The U.S. government considers the test one of the most comprehensive measures of international achievement.
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China’s success in Shanghai results from the government’s abandonment of a system of “key schools” for elites and the institution of “a more inclusive system in which all students are expected to perform at high levels,” the OECD said in the report.
China also raised teacher pay and standards and reduced rote learning, while giving students and local authorities more choice in curriculum.
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China is doing it correctly. They are emphasizing results and achievements. They are forcing all students to learn at the same level. In America, we have a racist system where those deemed non-white are not educated at the same level as whites. I saw this with my own eyes in the New York City public school system. This is designed by Progressives on purpose. Outright lies are taught in school. In fact, it has become an industry that is designed to suck up money and the Unions get a cut.
America needs massive education reform, not more spending. We need to force all Americans to learn up to the same standards regardless of race or class. We need to de-emphasize college as a solution for all and invest in trade schools so those who don’t want to go to college can learn skills that will benefit them in life. We should do what China is doing and create a real education system. If we don’t America will continue its decline and continue to be the sick man of the global economy.
Then again, maybe that is the goal of the elites.
Tags: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, Program for International Student Assessment, Shanghai, Teachers Unions
