[LM_NET] TV show on Education in America

[Mary Ludwick <ludwick@SWBELL.NET>]

From ABC's John Strossel's newsletter:

And airing on Friday, Jan. 13, at 10:00 p.m. "Stupid in America: How We Are 
Cheating Our Kids." Are kids in the United States being cheated out of a 
quality education? American students fizzle in international comparisons, 
placing 18th in reading, 22nd in science and 28th in math -- behind 
countries like Poland, Australia and Korea. But why? School officials 
complain that they need more money, but the countries that outperform us 
spend less per student than we do.

There are many factors that contribute to failure in school, but according 
to some foremost is the government's monopoly over the school system, which 
means that most parents don't get to choose where to send their children. In 
other countries, choice brings competition, and competition improves 
performance.

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He is the reporter who once manipulated interviews with children a few years 
ago, so I wonder  how this will  be presented.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1134

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20011231/manilov20011220

http://www.ewg.org/reports/tamperingwithtruth/wsj0627.html



Mary Ludwick, Librarian         K-5 Elementary
Owen Elementary, The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
ludwickm@lisd.net  (school address)
ludwick@swbell.net (home address)

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