Comments on: Sliding Educational Performance not Unique to the US http://donklephant.com/2008/11/10/sliding-educational-performance-not-unique-to-the-us/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ExiledIndependent http://donklephant.com/2008/11/10/sliding-educational-performance-not-unique-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-424309 ExiledIndependent Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:54:48 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10849#comment-424309 At least in America, public schools teach to the middle. That results in a huge amount of resources being applied to those beneath the middle to bring them up to the center of the curve. Students already at the center or above are basically neglected, resulting in what you see here. Our education system is currently not designed nor intended for each student to reach their maximum potential. Parents must supplement the education for middle and above-middle performers if they hope to get an optimal result for their child. At least in America, public schools teach to the middle. That results in a huge amount of resources being applied to those beneath the middle to bring them up to the center of the curve. Students already at the center or above are basically neglected, resulting in what you see here. Our education system is currently not designed nor intended for each student to reach their maximum potential. Parents must supplement the education for middle and above-middle performers if they hope to get an optimal result for their child.

]]> By: L http://donklephant.com/2008/11/10/sliding-educational-performance-not-unique-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-424277 L Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:09:38 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10849#comment-424277 An interesting corollary to this article is this bit of research summarized by the NYT here... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/business/media/27brain.html?ex=1298696400&en=50082f4a95a3d1b2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss And the full research article here... http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/matthew.gentzkow/research/TV_QJE_2008.pdf If you buy the argument that TV isn't the culprit, what is? I could believe that the educational standards argument from the article leads teachers to inform a bare-minimum to everyone instead of tailoring some time to teach more apt students more difficult concepts. An interesting corollary to this article is this bit of research summarized by the NYT here…

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/business/media/27brain.html?ex=1298696400&en=50082f4a95a3d1b2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

And the full research article here…

http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/matthew.gentzkow/research/TV_QJE_2008.pdf

If you buy the argument that TV isn’t the culprit, what is? I could believe that the educational standards argument from the article leads teachers to inform a bare-minimum to everyone instead of tailoring some time to teach more apt students more difficult concepts.

]]> By: bubbles http://donklephant.com/2008/11/10/sliding-educational-performance-not-unique-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-424276 bubbles Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:01:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10849#comment-424276 Maybe this is because the United States and the UK share the same exact commercialized culture. Maybe this is because the United States and the UK share the same exact commercialized culture.

]]> By: leapsecond http://donklephant.com/2008/11/10/sliding-educational-performance-not-unique-to-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-424273 leapsecond Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:42:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10849#comment-424273 Compelling article. Thanks for the link, Tom. Compelling article. Thanks for the link, Tom.

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