Time – Joel I. Klein
“Just when you thought we’d reached a consensus on the need to dramatically improve America’s schools, a chorus is emerging to suggest all is well. It’s hard to overstate how dangerous such complacency is. The bottom line: slight improvements from inadequate starting points while other countries advance faster is no reason for America to celebrate. That’s why Arne Duncan, looking at the latest NAEP results last November, said, “It’s clear that achievement is not accelerating fast enough for our nation’s children to compete in the knowledge economy of the 21st Century.” What would it sound like if we got serious about school improvement?” (more)