Ed Surge – Tony Wan
“It’s a tantalizing deal: buy one, get the second for half the price. Unfortunately, most adults with high school credentials can’t figure out the total for both items, according to Peggy Carr, the acting commissioner of the government’s National Center for Education Statistics. Her comments to WAMC public radio came in response to a new study (PDF) from Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies, which measures how adults around the world, grouped according to age and educational attainment, perform on literacy, numeracy and technology tasks. U.S. mediocrity on math and literacy international tests should come as no surprise; we are reminded every time PISA results come out. What is shocking is that the country that’s home to Apple, Google and other Silicon Valley stalwarts ranked dead last—behind Poland— on technology skills.”(more)