Apr 07 2008
US Education – How Good a Job Are We Doing?
Here is a thoughtful two minute trailer from a documentary about globalization and the US educational system. The message is compelling.
From the makers:
Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately -
…Two Million Minutes until high school graduation…Two Million Minutes to build their intellectual foundation…Two Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately career…Two Million Minutes to go from a teenager to an adult.
How a student spends their Two Million Minutes – in class, at home studying, playing sports, working, sleeping, socializing or just goofing off — will affect their economic prospects for the rest of their lives.
This important documentary examines how students in India and China are being better prepared than American students to compete in a flattening world.
