By Doug Ford

Linda Darling-Hammond and Robert Rothman have put together a very brief but powerful book on what we need to do about K-12 education. Published by Teachers College Press at Columbia University, it calls for a strong systemic approach to improve our teaching force through strong recruitment and preparation, attractive teaching conditions, continued support for learning, equitable allocation of teachers and resources and proactive leadership development.

Fifty years ago, our elementary and secondary education system was still thought of as the best in the world, but as we dallied with too many piecemeal incoherent modifications and inadequate funding, several other nations that had been far behind us have caught up with and passed us in performance through their systemic and coherent improvements.

Source: Doug Ford: A brief but powerful read on improving K-12 education