March 10, 2006

Higher Education Needs Reform, Too

By EUGENE W. HICKOK

American education is in trouble. Just about anyone and everyone willing to look at the facts has concluded that we need to do some serious work if this nation is going to remain competitive. Study after study has shown that American schoolchildren are falling behind those in other countries. We are seriously deficient in the production of scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians. Too many of our students lack proficiency in reading and mathematics. The achievement gap between

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