NP - "What's the question about your question that you dread being asked?

[Matthew Cissell]

U.S. universities top the lists for great learning institutions; it is the public system (K-12) that does poorly given the money spent, check the PISA reports.

Yes, it is complex and not the fault of unions and tenured profs, although...

mc otis


----- Original Message -----
From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2013 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: NP - "What's the question about your question that you dread being asked?

Why are US schools behind much of the world?

This is way more complicated than tax-slashers or "accountability experts"  or "higher standards"  folks want to think about.  

Bekah

On Apr 7, 2013, at 1:17 AM, Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:

> What question about your field do you dread being asked? Maybe it's a sore point: your field should have an answer (people think you do) but there isn't one yet. Perhaps it's simple to pose but hard to answer. Or it's a question that belies a deep misunderstanding: the best answer is to question the question.  
> 
> http://www.edge.org/conversation/whats-the-question-about-your-field-that-you-dread-being-asked
> 
> Various responses there; any p-listers willing to chime in?
> 
> Prashant