Creativity On The Brink Analysis

America: Educating the Stupid The American education system is considered by many to be broken and underperforming when compared to the rest of the world (Zhao). Many political leaders and business tycoons would have us believe that the American education system is obsolete and in crisis. “American teachers are complacent, unmotivated, and ill-prepared, while teachers in other countries are of ‘higher cognitive ability,’ better prepared, and held to more rigorous accountability standards” (Zhao).
According to the director of the Northern Studies program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Judith Kleinfeld believes that “The quality of American teachers does not stack up when compared to countries that outperform the United States on
According to her personal experience, Starko was presented with the question of how could we help our students become more flexible, creative thinkers? Chinese educators were interested in learning more about the kind of education that has fueled United States traditional strength in innovation and creativity. “The Chinese recognize that their students limited ability to question, solve problems, and innovate is a serious challenge; and they are working diligently to learn about the kinds of education that have supported the United States traditional strength in innovation” (Starko). She continues to say that the path to advancement in Chinese society has been through high scores on national tests. Of course, not all tests are bad. “We want to ensure that students are learning valuable content. But if schools focus all their efforts on preparing students for tests, they will not be successful in preparing students for life”
So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. And in return, grant schools flexibility: to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn” (Barack). To sum it up, Yong Zhao concludes in his article American Schools Possess Strengths Other Countries Want to Emulate, a distributed global learning network of teachers, students, school leaders, and parents can truly help move education foreword because these are the people who deal with concrete problems, face daily challenges, and doesn’t know what they can borrow and what they can contribute to