education reform

I believe there should be a national information bank of lesson plans and
units in all content areas. Communities could then use these units as-is or
modify them as they see fit. The units should cover all content areas and
incorporate best practices. Such an initiative would head-off the political
infighting that would inevitably occur if the Dept. of Education were to
impose a national curriculum on the populace; yet it would also allow
districts around the country to quickly and easily adopt an array of units
that would fit their students' needs.

Here’s a modern myth: lowering class sizes will improve your child’s education. This is supported by the American Federation of Teachers. The A.F.T., one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions, quotes a research study in support of lowering class sizes:
http://www.aft.org/topics/classsize/index.htm