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| mighty and now cash-strapped university system.11:20 a.m.: Criticizing standardized tests per se misses the point, Markell says. It's just as important to consider how we use the data we get from those tests. Klein adds that we need a better trained, more professional teaching corps. If half of America's lawyers or doctors quit within a few years, as teachers do, the country would be in a panic. That's the lesson of highly successful foreign systems like Finland's, he says.11:18 a.m.: "The biggest challenge, I believe, is the American public does not yet understand" that U.S. education can't keep up if it doesn't change, Markell says. Just knowing what their parents did will lead to children being deemed not proficient. It's like practicing basketball on an 8-foot basket, he says: You can get good at making hoops, but you'll be killed in a game.11:15 a.m.: In Delaware, Markell says he has pushed schools where students are learning standards subjects -- such as science in math -- in Chinese and Spanish |
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