This week’s Week in Review includes possible ways to address the shortfall of America’s schools, to keep pace with textbook technology, to enjoy the outdoors through reading, and more! If you’d like to contribute to next week’s Review, add your link(s) in the comments, or send them to Tom or Mike directly.
From Tom
Five Ways to Fix America’s Schools (Harold O. Levy, NY Times Op-Ed, 06/08/2009): Any comments and/or recommendations?
The biggest improvement we can make in higher education is to produce more qualified applicants. Half of the freshmen at community colleges and a third of freshmen at four-year colleges matriculate with academic skills in at least one subject too weak to allow them to do college work. Unsurprisingly, the average college graduation rates even at four-year institutions are less than 60 percent. [Read more…] about Week in Review – Summer Reflections on Education, the Outdoors, and the Mind