The Best Schools In The World Do This. Why Don't We?

"For a moment, let's pretend."

"That everything you know about America's public education system — the bitter politics and arcane funding policies, the rules and countless reasons our schools work (or don't) the way they do — is suddenly negotiable."

"Pretend the obstacles to change have melted like butter on hot blacktop."

"Now ask yourself: What could — and should — we do differently?"

"This question drove a bipartisan group of more than two-dozen state lawmakers and legislative staffers on an 18-month journey. Their mission: study some of the world's top-performing school systems, including those in Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Ontario, Poland, Shanghai, Singapore and Taiwan."

"Today the group, part of the National Conference of State Legislatures, released its findings, titled No Time to Lose: How to Build a World-Class Education System State by State."