PISA: U.S. is mediocre in reading, math, science
Compared to other developed countries, U.S. 15-year-olds are average in reading and science literacy and below average in math, according to study released today by PISA (Programme for International...
View ArticleLife’s a carnival
The first 2011 Education Buzz Carnival is up at Bellringers. Why do Shanghai students outperform U.S. students (and the rest of the world) in math? It Isn’t the Culture Stupid, argues Barry Garelick.
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It’s the Confucianism, stupid
What can the U.S. learn from China’s Winning Schools? Asians make education a priority, writes New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who’s lived in Asia. While Shanghai students are world beaters,...
View ArticleMyths of testing
The U.S. never was first in the world on international achievement tests, according to the latest Report on American Education from the Brown Center at Brookings. The report also debunks the “myth”...
View ArticleIn Shanghai, all teachers have mentors
In high-scoring Shanghai, all teachers have mentors — not just novices — and teachers collaborate in lesson and research groups, writes Marc Tucker in an interview with Ben Jensen, of Australia’s...
View ArticleBetter than Shanghai
“While U.S. schools struggled to reach even an average score on a key international exam for 15-year-olds in 2012, BASIS Tucson North, an economically modest, ethnically diverse charter school in...
View ArticleShanghai students aren’t so smart
Shanghai aces the PISA exam because it excludes rural migrants and their children from high schools, writes Tom Loveless on Chalkboard. Shanghai, “the wealthiest, most educated province in China,” is...
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U.S. teens are so-so at financial literacy
Most U.S. 15-year-olds don’t understand personal finance issues such as taxes, loans or savings, according to an international test of financial literacy. U.S. students were about average on the...
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Why edutourists go astray
A math class in Shanghai Edutourists often go astray, writes Tom Loveless on Brookings’ Chalkboard blog. Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times declared the “Shanghai secret” is teacher training and...
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Poor kids do worse in Baltimore than India
It’s harder to be a poor teenager in Baltimore than in Nigeria or India, according to a Johns Hopkins study, reports Vocativ. Researchers analyzed health challenges faced by 2,400 15- to 19-year-olds...
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U.S. kids do more homework, learn less
U.S. teens spend more time on homework, but learn less than students in other developed countries, according to the Programme of International Scholastic Asessment (PISA). American 15-year-olds do...
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Teaching math the Shanghai way
Lianjie Lu, from Shanghai, teaches fractions to year 3 pupils at a London school. Photo: Frantzesco Kangaris/Guardian Britain has imported math teachers from high-scoring Shanghai to demonstrate...
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Shanghai schooling
Shanghai students top international rankings. Lenora Chu, an American journalist living in Shanghai, enrolled her young son in China’s state-run public school system. In Little Soldiers: An American...
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