An interview by Mark Sheraden of IBM this week sparked some interesting questions.
We all know our education system in the US is declining, not in all places, but pretty much at all levels. But we seem to be content, with the exception of some testing in elementary school, to just let it keep on happening. Clearly when unemployment is low there's not much pressure to get educated to find a job. So I wonder
1. What will it take before we really consider this a serious crisis and mobilize nationally (i.e.at the level we have around homeland security?)
2. What if everyone who isn't a US citizen stayed home from work or school for a day or two? What would we learn about our own citizenry?
I welcome your thoughts.
Posted by Marc at August 2, 2003 11:42 PM