Facts and opinions related to the reprographics business and the reprographics industry as well as articles and information related to the A/E/C industry served by reprographers. This blog is intended for reprographers, for vendors who sell to reprographers and for analysts and investors who are interested in learning more about the reprographics industry. (YOU CAN CONTACT THE BLOG AUTHOR at joel.salus@mac.com or at joel.salus@me.com)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Rant about school systems in the U.S.
During the NBC Nightly News, last night, they compared the U.S. school system to Finland's school system; Finland's school system ranks #1 in the world; the U.S. school system ranks #17 (or was it even lower than that?) Finland's teachers come from the top 10% of Finland's college graduates; teachers in the U.S come from the bottom 1/3rd of college graduates. Shows that we in the U.S. don't place as much value on education as we should. Sad commentary on education in the U.S. And, why do we recognize "tenure" in the teaching profession? In what other "industry" are jobs basically guaranteed, no matter whether someone is really good or horrible?
In addition the High School drop out rate in Finland is basically ZERO and parental involvment very high. I did not hear the number of days in the Finish school year but might guess it is higher than the 160 days in the US.
ReplyDelete...needless to say Joel, if this applied to other industries....you would be well tenured....
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