An Assault Upon Our Children: South Korea’s Education System Hurts Students is an op-ed in today’s New York Times.
Here’s an excerpt, and contrast it with the following excerpt from a speech U.S. Education Secretary Duncan gave earlier this year:
I’m adding this info to The Best Sites For Getting Some Perspective On International Test Comparison Demagoguery.
I have lived in Korea for a few years and I have many friends here who are students, teachers and parents. The Korean system is indeed very different from our Western world and we can’t necessarily compare everything one to one. Nonetheless, I totally agree that there should be a change!