I agree that national educational standards are necessary and I would also like to see higher standards set for teachers including more subject expertise and specialization.

I definitely have no illusions that my local school board is well versed on issues pertaining to internationally (or nationally) competitive education. With the exception of one newly elected representative for each local district, they have consistently equated better education solely to more spending while they seem to think that 18 is the average score for the ACT.

This article discusses buy in from the state governors, but president Obama and education secretary Duncan had certainly initiated and promoted the plan idea.

Last edited by delbows; 06/19/09 05:51 AM. Reason: an idea is not the same as a plan