Congress on Education:  If It Don’t Work, Don’t Fix It

So far as we know, low achievement hasn't been remedied by any of the strategies or programs that educators or policy makers have tried out since 1965 — the date of the first authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We've already made a mess of the K-12 reading/literature curriculum and teacher professional development. We seem to be ready to do the same to pre-school programs. So why doesn't Congress or major journals sponsor panel discussions on why we can'

So far as we know, low achievement hasn't been remedied by any of the strategies or programs that educators or policy makers have tried out since 1965 — the date of the first authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We've already made a mess of the K-12 reading/literature curriculum and teacher professional development. We seem to be ready to do the same to pre-school programs. So why doesn't Congress or major journals sponsor panel discussions on why we can't seem to find so…