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Submitted by sam, Mar 24, 2008 18:32

There is a problem the U.S Educational System. The World is getting flatter every day and if we, the U.S want to compete on a global level than the U.S Educational System better change and it better change fast. The U.S Educational System is a mess. It focuses on facts that can now be found at the touch of a button. We learn long lists of battles, dates, wars, etc when we can just google them. Students need to be taught how to think. Their also needs to be a more rigourous training in the maths and sciences but that alone won't work. With a flat world, America needs people who can think horizontally and who can connect disparate dots. That means education in art, music, and literature need to be stressed also for they are essential for innovation. The whole U.S Educational system needs re-organizing if America wants to even consider competing globally.

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Since the sixties, the US education system has been going down stream. When we look at the TIMSS current report... [MORE]	Teresitia Walters	Dec 18, 2007 22:38
Sis, nothing is wrong with the US educational system that is work mentioning or discussing. The problem is kids today... [MORE]	Dwayne	Dec 25, 2007 10:53
There is a problem the U.S Educational System. The World is getting flatter every day and if we, the U.S...	sam	Mar 24, 2008 18:32
Seems like it's sweeping the country [MORE]	karla	Dec 16, 2007 23:43
I think Bush has succeeded in closing inner city schools [MORE]	John	Dec 16, 2007 23:33
As an educator, I believe there must be some form of discrimination in order for schools to perform at their... [MORE]	Angela M. Alexander	Dec 9, 2007 09:45
No one can defend these schools, but the question remains; in our over-crowded school system, what happens to the kids... [MORE]	Scott Baker	Dec 5, 2007 12:54
The closure of the schools means that the remaining school space will be even more overcrowded. The overcrowding is already... [MORE]	Joel Meyers	Dec 6, 2007 04:20
What ever happened to basic reporting: who, what when & where? Reporting is about giving complete information. The facts please. [MORE]	Grant McKeown	Dec 5, 2007 12:17

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