Room for Debate July 21

New York Times Room for Debate Blog, July 21

Will National Standards Improve Education?

[The answer to this question seems to be "NO"]

Contributors

• Equalizing Mediocrity, Sandra Stotsky, University of Arkansas

• Common Standards Are Helpful, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Century Foundation

• Making a Bad System Worse, Neal P. McCluskey, Cato Institute

• At-Risk Children Will Benefit, Michael Goldstein, MATCH Charter School

• Uniformity Is Not Equality, Alfie Kohn, author

• Understandable, but Wrong, Bruce Fuller, University of California, Berkeley

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