A Third Ground Between Public and Corporate Education : Globally Competitive Schools Show Us How It's Done

PSeveral US national consensuses over the past 50 years have aimed to reform its globally uncompetitive public education system. New school charters and freemarket reforms, along with billions of dollars pledged by the US Congress and private entrepreneurs alike hope to revive education. After 26 years since A Nation at Risk was issued, there is still no one existing school model that seems to be the answer. Each model excels, fails and equals others in inconclusive measures. However, there is evidence of excellence found in an array of different schools around the world. Evidence shows that their individuality may hold the civic and moral heuristics for success in education that have been overlooked in the search of a winning model.departmental bulletin pape