Clark Howard, HLN money expert, wrote an interesting article for CNN about how alternative learning environments can contribute to changing the current public school education system in America. Citing a few high-profile court cases involving ridiculous actions by the school systems, Clark highlights the potential for bureaucracy to overshadow the learning process. In addition to holding up homeschooling as a change agent, Clark also points to Finland as a replicable model for public education where children routinely learn statistics, algebra and geometry in first grade. The key to success in Finland is that the teacher is the entrepreneur in the classroom, having great latitude to teach without heavy-handed oversight.
Although I agree with most of Clark’s article, I don’t know about rating Finland number one in the world based simply on test scores. If we boil down education to how well we memorize data and regurgitate it on tests, we are seriously on the wrong path!
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