The Evening Eudemon

“The teacher's unions are a menace and an impediment to reform. But politics aside, it takes only a short tour through some of the country's failing schools to see that reform is desperately needed.”
– “Waiting for Superman”: Sadder than fiction | The Economist (via Instapaper)

“The statistics are grim: education spending in America has increased to $9,000 per student today, versus $4,300 in 1971 (adjusted for inflation), yet math and reading scores in the country have both flatlined.”
– “Waiting for Superman”: Sadder than fiction | The Economist (via Instapaper)