Education challenges a test of political will
Source: delmarvanow.com Posted By: Claire M...5294 days ago
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said it is time for schools to get out of the catch-up business.
He was talking about poor schools, rich schools, city, suburban and even Delaware schools. All of them.
Too many high schools, he said, spend too much time trying to teach students what they should have learned in the lower grades. And too many colleges have to send too many students through remedial courses to learn what they should have picked up in high school.
Because of this, the United....