Comments on: Education crisis explained in motion graphics

By: Wainting For Superman – Crise na Educação America

Wainting For Superman – Crise na Educação America — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:44:03 +0000

[...] o mesmo de Uma Verdade Inconveniente. Gostei muito da proposta do filme, descobri por engano no FlowingData e agora estou ansioso para ver. Fiquei pensando aqui que se tem gente preocupada com a educação [...]

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:10:12 +0000

Or alternatively… she scripted it with strict regard to time.

That is – she meant that three would drop out by the time “you finish watching the video”. The phrase comes after almost a minute into the video – which would time left roughly equal for three dropouts.

By: Education Crisis on Video « ScienceRoll

Education Crisis on Video « ScienceRoll — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:58:59 +0000

[...] 2010 Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Education, Video. trackback A fantastic infrographics-based video about the crisis surrounding the US education [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:48:19 +0000

Not a particularly convincing argument. For one thing, it seems to conflate the correlation between dropping out of high school and negative behaviors with causation.

Furthermore, the limited amount of data shown was aggregated for the entire United States. I can guarantee that there are significant differences in education between Minnesota and Mississippi, South Dakota and South Carolina, Washington State and Washington D.C., and thus it may be misleading to compare the entire United States with other more homogeneous countries (note that Canada, our neighbor to the north was right in front of us in graduation rate as well).

I also thought that the seeming message at the end of the video that we should be sending even more students to college was a bit disturbing. If 12 years of education isn’t enough for the median student, then perhaps we need to improve the efficiency of our primary and secondary education rather than institute a 16 year education as the norm, something that will only drive tuition fees up even faster relative to inflation and probably dilute the meaning of a four year degree. Perhaps we should be looking more into apprenticeships like many of the countries that the video listed as ranked higher than us in graduation rate already do.

By: EUA – Crise na educação | Sem Pornografia

EUA – Crise na educação | Sem Pornografia — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:22:43 +0000

[...] o mesmo de Uma Verdade Inconveniente. Gostei da proposta do filme, descobri por engano no FlowingData e agora estou ansioso para ver. Agora se tem gente preocupada com a educação nos EUA, como será [...]

By: marchi

marchi — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:09:54 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding me….close public schools??? You might have had a parent who could teach you at home, but so many don’t. How many parents are intellectually equipped to teach their kids? Maybe they can teach them how to cut wood or how to cook, but how many parents really know what and how to teach besides manners, if that much?! I think it is an insult to all educators out there to think that every parent can be an educator. These educators spend years preparing for this profession. Now, where is the problem? THE SYSTEM is the problem!! We do import all this ‘brain’ from abroad…they are the ones who solve all those problems shown in the video, not our own children. There are solutions out there, but people don’t want to adopt them becuase any drastic change is scary. Look outside the borders of this country and, for once in your lifetime, admit others have better ideas than us.

By: Waiting for "Superman": Education Statistics, Beyond the Statistics | Brain Pickings

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:47:16 +0000

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By: Bildungsmisere – ein Problem nicht nur bei uns – Das Philoblog

Bildungsmisere – ein Problem nicht nur bei uns – Das Philoblog — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:04:59 +0000

[...] ein gut gemachtes Infographics-Video zu einem wichtigen Thema [via]. Bemerkenswert, dass man in den USA ebenso eine nationale Bildungsmisere beklagt wie bei [...]

By: Meng Bomin

Meng Bomin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:13:36 +0000

Not a particularly convincing argument. For one thing, it seems to conflate the correlation between dropping out of high school and negative behaviors with causation.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:21:13 +0000

The video makes two assumptions: graduation = education. And a teacher led classroom = education. Then it spins education into the tired & fake international competition that it isn’t. This was obviously made by products of public schools – conditioned to compulsory education by a single teacher in a room and believe in their ranking & grading systems as proof of their “education”. If only we could be #18 or #12 or whatever next year… wouldn’t they just show us how educated we are! Mass government education is a 20th century invention intended to keep the sheeple in line.