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November 28, 2006, 7:43 am PST
11/24 Great School Debate
Quote From: wngdpnthr Unfortunately, Public schools get public funding, and can also teach whatever nutty thing they want. Most states model their math program after NCTM standards, which are consistently criticized by mathematicians as unsound and virtually guaranteed to lead to poor performance. These standard are part of why the US performs so poorly on the TIMMS test, while Singapore does the best. This is also why students are not taught grammar in high school. "This is also why students are not taught grammar in high school."
Or logic in Jr. High and High School.
"...can teach whatever nutty thing they want"? What, are we all supposed to have GroupThink now? (That's from the novel 1994). As adults, we know that there are lots of areas of debate in everyday life. Why not teach both sides of something--including the "nutty" other sides of an issue?
First time I've heard private schools accused of teaching "nutty things". I guess that's why Ivy League schools tend to look to them...
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