Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick, the longest-serving appointed head of state schools in the country, announced yesterday that she is retiring after 20 years. Good for her. And she probably did a great job (I’m in no position to access). I don’t like parsing the words of someone…
I read last night a really thought provoking article in Time about the educational system in Finland. The article calls Finland’s system in the title “anti-Tiger” playing off the subject of yesterday’s blog post. In a recent study, Finland was second in science literacy, second in reading and third in…