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Curriculum Clash
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CURRENT ISSUES
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1 / 2003 |
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Margarita Assenova
Margarita Assenova is a Bulgarian-born journalist and
political analyst who now lives in Washington, D.C. |
Tests show that European schools--even those in economically challenged eastern Europe--produce students who, on average, greatly surpass Americans in academic achievement. This may be due to the more-intensive curricula in place in Europe.
The American and European ways stem partially from their respective cultural milieus, the former stressing flexibility and creativity and the latter emphasizing rigor and systematism.
In the United States, academic performance rises when curricula are made more
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