Future Shock

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Kansas Teacher of the Year Josh Anderson argue in the Philadelphia Inquirer that NCLB is undermining America’s global competitiveness. 

…[G]raduates of our public schools are quickly realizing the most valuable skills in a global marketplace are the very same skills our schools are asked to forfeit in exchange for continued federal funding.

If we are going to prepare students for the future, our schools must emphasize basic skills. But if we are going to prepare students for their future as citizens, we must emphasize advanced skills that go beyond what can be measured on a federal test. Few of us believe that we can adequately teach and measure both sets of skills within the present school system.

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