STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 31 May 2012

[AnneD]

72. Been preaching about that ....

ever since I began working in the Public Schools! I have had a chance to see different countries educational systems and here is the best of the best ideas......

Norway, Denmark, and Sweden do the best with early childhood. Safe and nurturing, kids get a great start. Same with Italy's Montessori for very early

The Swiss have the languages down-early and multiple.

German's education overall. Kids are tested and go academic or trade. It is not like tests here, they are aptitude test. I would recommend an opt out trial period though. Some kids may not test well and get shunted into a area that they really do not like.

But that being said, they do much to make sure those kids get the best training and education possible. I was even told I could get letters of recommendation from my German friend. She came over here to work for 2 years to improve her English, courtesy of the German Education System. I could teach English to German students and get a stipend via the German government. Every time I visit her, I get to be the guest speaker-I love it and so do the forth graders. They have German schools here in this country and they are on the same system as Germany, so they never fall behind, even if there parents work in another country.

When they go to vocational training, they can be assured that their will be a good paying job for them after there education. Getting rid of the vocational education system was the worst thing we ever did in this country. The next worst was this now child left behind (alive) crap.

I haven't touched on the Asian system or the British. All have there pluses and drawback and reflect the cultural expectations that society has. I just think the ones mentioned have something that might help in this country.