Friedman sobre la educacion en los EEUU

Este artículo de opinión, de Thomas Friedman del New York Times (en inglés), enfatiza la importancia de los docentes, e incluye dos puntos que merece destacar:

Sobre qué enseñar:

«There are three basic skills that students need if they want to thrive in a knowledge economy: the ability to do critical thinking and problem-solving; the ability to communicate effectively; and the ability to collaborate.»

Sobre la profesión docente (hablando de Finlandia y Dinamarca):

«They took teaching from an assembly-line job to a knowledge-worker’s job. They have invested massively in how they recruit, train and support teachers, to attract and retain the best.»

«Teaching for America»

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Published: November 20, 2010

When I came to Washington in 1988, the cold war was ending and the hot beat was national security and the State Department. If I were a cub reporter today, I’d still want to be covering the epicenter of national security — but that would be the Education Department. President Obama got this one exactly right when he said that whoever “out-educates us today is going to out-compete us tomorrow.” The bad news is that for years now we’ve been getting out-educated. The good news is that cities, states and the federal government are all fighting back. But have no illusions. We’re in a hole.

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