The Huffington Post – Peter Smirniotopoulos
“So then, what’s the right approach to education reform? The right approach is not to assume that we already have the answer; that the current system is fine but just needs to be tweaked. The right approach is to start over, with two questions: What capabilities, capacities, and knowledge do we want all children to have by the time they graduate from high school; and what is the best way for students to acquire those things (as opposed to what’s the best or, as is most-often the case, the easiest way for the school system to teach and measure them)?”(more)