american higher education
Confession: I lie and cheat to help my kids (and so do you)
Scott Gilmore: We tell ourselves that this is a meritocracy, but we are constantly boosting our child up on our shoulders, and jostling aside others as we do so.
Obama’s simple, sensible, impossible education plan
He wants higher standards, tougher tests, merit pay for teachers — excellent ideas all. And in Canada, they would get him labeled as a right wing nut.