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The Factory Model Of Education Is The Wrong Model For The 21st Century. Today, Our Schools Must Prepare All Students For College And Careers-and Do Far More To Personalize Instruction And Employ The Smart Use Of Technology.

This Is A Devastating Problem, Is, The Longer Our Children Are In School, The Worse They Do. Year After Year After Year, Our Children In America Are Falling Further Behind. Our 3- And 4-year-olds Enter Kindergarten Ok, And They Fall Further And Further Behind. Each Year, Children In Other Countries Are Learning More Than Children In This Country. And So The Gap Between American Student Performance In Singapore And Finland And South Korea And Canada And These Other Countries, The Gap Widens Year After Year After Year.

It's Fascinating To Me That Some Of The Pushback Is Coming From Sort Of White Suburban Moms Who, All Of A Sudden, Their Child Isn't As Brilliant As They Thought They Were, Their Schools Aren't Quite As Good As They Thought They Were. And That's Pretty Scary.

There's So Much That We're Doing Wrong Today. And Studies Show We're One Of Three Countries That Doesn't Invest More In Disadvantaged Communities.

I Believe That Education Is The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Generation. And If You Care About Promoting Opportunity And Reducing Inequality, The Classroom Is The Place To Start. Great Teaching Is About So Much More Than Education; It Is A Daily Fight For Social Justice.